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Black Dancers

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***Mystacides

This common name refers to only one genus.

Caddisfly Genus Mystacides

These are often called Black Dancers.
Male Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly AdultMale Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult View 10 PicturesThis was one of many of its species which were gathered in small, low-flying swarms of about a dozen insects near the alder trees in the afternoon on a small stream.
Collected August 22, 2006 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on August 23, 2006
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