Author Contributions
ALM led project design, fieldwork, laboratory work, analysis, and
writing. RB was involved with project conceptualization and fieldwork
and laboratory work design. DJFS was instrumental in assisting with
fieldwork and data collection. JA helped with early laboratory protocols
and library preparation for metabarcoding. PRL and CSSB carried out
camera trapping and image processing and provided raw camera trap data.
MSF and GRC helped with project conceptualization and design. CP and TL
were involved with project conceptualization and project design and
provided substantial feedback on the manuscript.
Table 1: Efficiency of each insect taxa as an iDNA sampler used
to profile vertebrate diversity from the blood (sandflies and mosquitos)
or carrion meals (carrion flies). Human DNA is excluded.