Helicta Satyr, Neonympha helicta

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$Helicta Satyr, Neonympha hecicta \nFemale getting ready to lay an egg.\nPhoto taken in Harnett Co., NC on May 31, 2005.$ $Helicta Satyr, Neonympha hecicta \nFemale twisting her abdomen upward to lay an egg.\nPhoto taken in Harnett Co., NC on May 31, 2005.$ $Helicta Satyr, Neonympha hecicta \nFemale with egg just after ovapositing it.\nPhoto taken in Harnett Co., NC on May 31, 2005.$
$Helicta Satyr, Neonympha hecicta \nFemale with egg.\nPhoto taken in Harnett Co., NC on May 31, 2005.$ $Helicta Satyr, Neonympha hecicta (female)\nThis is the other side of the same specimen in photos 9410, 9411 and 9412\nPhoto taken in Harnett Co., NC on May 31, 2005.$
Helicta Satyr looks a lot like the Georgia Satyr. The habitat is very simular as well. These photos are all females you can see the egg being ovaposited in the top three photos.

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