Black Dancer (sepulchralis)

Tricoptera (caddis)
caddis
Family:Leptoceridae
Genus:mystacides
Species:sepulchralis
Common Name:Black Dancer

Basic sepulchralis Statistics
Size:8-9mmFeeding :Predatory
Hook:#14, 16Emerging:Crawls out on rocks
Case Type:Long thin caseOviposting:Dives under to bottom
Hatch Date:Jul 1-Aug 20Body Color:Black
Habitat:Ponds, Slow StreamsWing Color:Black sheen

Black Dancer Comments:
Emergence at dawn, oviposting in the evening during mid summer. Associated with cool slow sections of trout streams. Black fly patterns.
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