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.