Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise [Cramer])
Wing span: 1 1/8 - 2 inches (2.9 - 5.1 cm).
Identification: Both sexes yellow. Upperside of forewing with narrow black outer edges. Black margin of hindwing uncommon in male, missing in female.
Life history: Not reported.
Flight: May-August in southern Florida, September-November in southern Texas, all year in tropics.
Caterpillar hosts: Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) in the pea family (Fabaceae).
Adult food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Brushy woodland edges.
Range: Resident in Argentina north to the Texas Gulf Coast and southern Florida. Occasional stray to central Texas and southeastern Arizona; rarely to southern California, southern Colorado, and Kansas.
