Friday, July 4, 2025

Day 7 - Red and Black

 4th of July





A Common Mormon female I spied
Her mimicry skill cannot be denied
She disguises as a toxic Rose
Right under your very nose
Predators give her a berth a mile wide. 

She nectared on the ixora so red 
Moving  from flower head to head
I watched in delight 
Her fluttering flight
Black, red and white wings outspread. 

Cyrus, Stichius  and Romulus
The disguises of female Papilio poly-tes 
She seems to dwarf 
the male of one morph
All this she does with no fuss!

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Day 7 - Red and Black

 4th of July A Common Mormon female I spied Her mimicry skill cannot be denied She disguises as a toxic Rose Right under your very nose Pred...