mylyoung

Thanks, Liam, for the suggestion. I suspected it might be a juvenile since adult raptors around here don't seem to have vertical streakiness on their chests.

Christy, I'll happily add it. I was thinking how I didn't see that mission in my list, but then realized I have to go add the mission before it'll show up. I'll do so. Cheers!

Thanks Alice! I've never seen one before, but my guy called me over knowing I'd like to see it. It hung around the petunias long enough for me to go in, grab the camera, come back, and snap some pics. From what I've read, they're more attracted to the hummingbird/butterfly-attracting flowers, but it seemed happy with these. It was really cool!

It's beautiful. And I didn't know we had a butterfly with such an...interesting name. :)

I actually tried IE before rebooting and, amazingly, it worked! Cheers!

Thanks jgorneau. I was undecided between H. thysbe and H. diffinis. I leaned more towards thysbe, too. :)

Alas, it got mowed down shortly after the photo was taken.

Evidently, it's in the stamens: Mimosa sp. have 10 or fewer. Albizia sp. have more than 10, and they're joined at the base. Acacia sp. have more than 10 and are not joined.

Interesting. I would have thought it a mimosa. How would one differentiate it?

Yeah, yours are slightly different; they clearly have more than the two spots this guy had.

Cool, thanks.