Caddisfly Species Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis)
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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Philopotamidae
» Genus Dolophilodes (Medium Evening Sedges)
» Species distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis)
Common Names
| Match | Common Name |
 | Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis |
 | Medium Evening Sedge |
This is the most important species of Dolophilodes in the East and Midwest. It is never an intense emergence, but it may be present at times of the year when nothing else is available.
Where & When
Time Of Year (?): All year; typically two peaks in winter and again in midsummer
Hatching Behavior
Time Of Day (?): Morning and afternoon
The pupae swim to the surface and then scoot across it to the shore to emerge. Swisher and Richards comment on the importance of this behavior in Selective Trout:When fishing to an emergence, the adult and emerger imitations are usueless. The angler must use a hackled pupa skated over the water toward shore.
Larva & Pupa Biology
Environmental Tolerance: Prefers cold water3 Caddisfly Specimens in the Species Dolophilodes distinctus:
Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 6 PicturesThis caddis species was dancing high over the stream, spaced a foot or two apart across most of its width, very much like Ephemera mayfly spinners but with more side-to-side motion mixed in. There were more than enough to get the trout interested, but I wasn't able to stick around until they fell on the water (if they did at all).
View 6 PicturesThis caddis species was dancing high over the stream, spaced a foot or two apart across most of its width, very much like Ephemera mayfly spinners but with more side-to-side motion mixed in. There were more than enough to get the trout interested, but I wasn't able to stick around until they fell on the water (if they did at all).Region: Poconos
Collected May 28, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007
Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 6 PicturesThis is a really strange specimen. I would guess it's one of the dry caddis pupa that scoots across the surface of the water as a pupa rather than emerging right away. Its "wing pads (Wing pad: A protrusion from the thorax of an insect nymph which holds the developing wings. Black wing pads usually indicate that the nymph is nearly ready to emerge into an adult.)" sure don't look right, though. Maybe they're deformed and that's why I was able to find this one as a pupa in the first place. It also looks like it might be a caddis adult missing its wings, but since I found three of them, that kind of rules out such an anomalous maiming.
I found this one and one other on a midstream rock. The previous day, I caught a similar creature kicking around on the water's surface.
This one died and shriveled a little bit before I could photograph it, but it's basically in its original shape.
View 6 PicturesThis is a really strange specimen. I would guess it's one of the dry caddis pupa that scoots across the surface of the water as a pupa rather than emerging right away. Its "wing pads (Wing pad: A protrusion from the thorax of an insect nymph which holds the developing wings. Black wing pads usually indicate that the nymph is nearly ready to emerge into an adult.)" sure don't look right, though. Maybe they're deformed and that's why I was able to find this one as a pupa in the first place. It also looks like it might be a caddis adult missing its wings, but since I found three of them, that kind of rules out such an anomalous maiming.
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I found this one and one other on a midstream rock. The previous day, I caught a similar creature kicking around on the water's surface.
This one died and shriveled a little bit before I could photograph it, but it's basically in its original shape.
Region: Poconos
Collected May 29, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007
Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Larva
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View 4 PicturesRegion: Upper Midwest
Collected Feb 7, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
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