Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Leptoceridae

» Genus Mystacides (Black Dancers)

» Species sepulchralis (Black Dancer)

This caddisfly was collected from the Neversink River on September 5th, 2006 and added to Troutnut.com on October 3rd, 2006.

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Caddisflies can be much more colorful than we'd ever expect, under the right lighting!

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Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult from the Neversink River in New York

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Recent Discussions of this Adult

Mystacides

Posted by PaulRoberts on Aug 23, 2010

Wow, I don't remember them being so small! I believe I tied mine on a #18. They have long wings and look bigger on the wing I believe. On E Branch Owego they were in fishable numbers.

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