During the daylight hours, trichopterans were the most important food but at night dipterans were the dominant food. Other insects, including coleopterans, lepidopterans, and terrestrial hymenopterans were a smaller part of the diet. The major peak in stomach fullness occurred around 9 pm. Distribution of spotfin shiners in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of spotfin shiners were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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