October 9, 2019

I went to the plant market yesterday and stalked this rather large swallowtail black butterfly with white and red spots called the Great Helen. The plant market seems to be the default place that I go to if I want to go out and go somewhere. It used to be the supermarket but not anymore. I ended up getting two very tall and huge plants, a Madagascar Dragon tree and a huge Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree that was abandoned by a shopowner. Both trees I got for a steal and now my apartment is looking very much like Jumanji. I better take photos of what it looks like now.

To read more about this butterfly, here's a link that gives a full detail and life cycle of the Great Helen: https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-history-of-great-helen.html