Day 20 - and the OG Crimson Rose shows up

Crimson Rose, the large swallowtail butterflies, the poisonous and inedible Original Gangster with their red bodies signalling "Don't touch, don't eat". They are coming in from the sea these days, flying in their characteristic slow, fluttery way across the sands.

I have been seeing them this last fortnight in increased numbers, and then this one showed up at home.

Pachliopta hector - Crimson Rose

There's more about the seafaring Crimson Rose here.

They have many mimics - remember Red and Black?
 

Original above, mimic below.

The Common Mormon female mimicking the poisonous Crimson Rose