The eggs were mostly transparent with an orange-colored oil droplet. Darters have been found to eat chironomids, dominated by caddisfly larvae. Midge larvae and mayfly larvae, as well as algae and bottom detritus have also been found in the stomachs of channel darters from the Bass Islands in Lake Erie. Distribution of channel darters in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of channel darters were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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