EcologybioRxivPreprint
Detecting terrestrial insects from naturally exuding tree sap using environmental DNA: a pilot study
Hitoshi Kawakami, Hiroki Yuasa, Hiroki Kuroda, Tomohiro Ichinose
This study tests tree sap and sap-mimicking traps as substrates for detecting insect DNA in forest ecosystems using environmental DNA, finding that fermenting sap yields insect eDNA while non-fermenting sap does not.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.16.724188