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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Hydatophylax nigrovittatus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Limnephilidae

Genus

Hydatophylax

Species

Hydatophylax nigrovittatus

📏 True-scale comparison (1 m = 1 m) against a 1.75 m humanLength 3~3.5cm

🔍 Zoomed View — Same scale as a credit card & 2.65cm coin

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· When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
· Hydatophylax nigrovittatus silhouette: PhyloPic — Prespa Research Group · CC0 1.0 (Limnephilidae)
· Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0

• Length vs. 1.75 m human: 0.02× Compare with other species →

Insecta🍂 Omnivore

Hydatophylax nigrovittatus

Hydatophylax nigrovittatus (Hydatophylax nigrovittatus · Hydatophylax nigrovittatus)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

3~3.5cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Places where water pools and fallen leaves accumulate, such as below weirs in the middle and upper reaches of clear streams

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its body length of 35 mm is about 1.3 times the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
💡 On the bottoms of clear streams, you can see the larvae carrying cylindrical cases built from wood fragments and small pebbles (National List of Species of Korea).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#띠무늬우묵날도래#Hydatophylax nigrovittatus

📖 1. Overview

Hydatophylax nigrovittatus is a large caddisfly 30–35 mm in body length whose larvae build cylindrical cases and live in clear streams.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Small spots are scattered on the head, and large sclerotized plates with many brown spots cover the dorsal surfaces of the prothorax and mesothorax. Its case is larger than the body and is a cylinder made of wood fragments and small stones.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Larvae eat fallen leaves or detritus in the water and drag their cases along using 3 pairs of legs. Adults appear in spring.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

According to the National List of Species of Korea, it lives in Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do in Korea and is also distributed in Japan, China, and Russia.