Butterfly on Cockscomb

I like this one too, nice.

Oh that is so cool Tasteyg! If birds fly over the rainbow can butterflies too?!
Meaning I sure would like it if they would visit me on my 3rd floor balcony garden!

:)

he looks hurt.

I noticed that his wings are pretty tattered, too MGM.

He's a cute little devil.....lol.

2 tails. I wonder how many different butterflies carry 2 tails.

Flcrazy- They have the cutest little faces.
Funny you noticed the tails MGM. Not sure if you can tell by the photos that I posted, but in some the tails are curled upwards and in other photos they're curled downwards. Not sure what that means...just an observation :)

I just learned something interesting while looking up details about the tails. The butterflies have scales on their wings to help cut the spiders web that they get caught in. the tails are just mimicry to act as a second set of eyes to misjudge predators.

That's interesting MGM. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if its the same butterfly in the photos, it's the Striped Hairstreak again!

It was a different day when I took this photo... so think that it's a different one, Janey. You never know though... it could be.