CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a butterfly thief.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a woman walked out of the Krohn Conservatory last Sunday with a blue morpho butterfly.
About 50 seconds into the video above, an employee of the conservatory tries to stop the woman as she exits through a door on the right side of the image.
The butterfly is neon blue in color and its wings have black edges with white dots. It is native to Central and South American rainforests and has a life cycle that lasts about 115 days.
The group Rainforest Alliance says the blue morpho’s beauty attracts artists and collectors from all over the globe. A framed blue morpho can sell online for as much as $60.
Detectives had no new information about the theft on Thursday.
Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call police.
Videos supplied by the Cincinnati Police Department