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Male Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult Pictures

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Leptoceridae
» Genus Mystacides (Black Dancers)
» Species sepulchralis (Black Dancer)
 This 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.

This caddisfly was collected from the northeastern United States on August 22nd, 2006 and added to Troutnut.com on August 24th, 2006.

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Black as night!
Black as night!
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M. sepulchralis 1 Reply »
Posted by Taxon on Aug 24, 2006
Last reply on Aug 24, 2006 by Troutnut
Based on wings being shiny black rather than dull, and it not having been collected in the West, it is most likely M. sepulchralis.
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