Once again I missed ABC Wednesday, but I have a good reason.  I’m in New York and my mother’s house seems to have a real problem with me having online access – same thing last summer.  And to make matters worse this summer, the neighbor wised up and secured his wireless connection.  It only takes one and my sister and her iBook may have ruined it for the neighborhood, so here we sit at the local library.  Yada Yada Yada…on to my Yikes!  When I landed in New York on Tuesday, the pilot announced, “The local temperature is a scorching 99 degrees.”  I thought he was Yanking my chain until I stepped out of JFK airport and felt the heat climbing up my legs like wildfire.  That combined with this familiar looking butterfly, I’m not completely sure where I am anymore…Florida, New York, the sun???  

On first glance, I thought this was a Gulf Fritillary.  But after thinking about it, one: it’s unlikely for this area and two: it’s just not orange enough.  Now I’m thinking Great Spangled Fritillary.  Check the pictures and see for yourself.  The heat minus the constant air conditioning of Florida has my brain feeling Yucky.