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Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis This caddisfly was so fast! It was scurrying all over low vegetation in a flood plain.<br />
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Habitat: Mixed forest; river floodplain Black Dancer,Geotagged,Leptoceridae,Mystacides,Mystacides sepulchralis,Summer,Trichoptera,United States,caddisfly Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis

This caddisfly was so fast! It was scurrying all over low vegetation in a flood plain.

Habitat: Mixed forest; river floodplain

    comments (4)

  1. Could be a pendant earring. Interesting shape. Posted 4 years ago
    1. Oh, maybe it actually is an earring ;) Posted 4 years ago
  2. What an awesome species! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Yes! I wish I had video of it because its movements were really cool. Posted 4 years ago

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''Mystacides sepulchralis'', the black dancer, is a species of long-horned caddisfly in the family Leptoceridae. It is found in North America.

Similar species: Caddisflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jul 15, 2021. Captured Jul 14, 2021 10:20 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO1600
  • 100mm