These data were collected by Dr. Anna Zelaya and students at California State University - San Bernardio in Spring 2024.
Beetles were reared on black-eyed peas or hyancinth beans and collected from mass culture. Beetles were of mixed sex. Beetles from BEP (N=6) and hyancinth bean (N=6) were collected.  Data set also includes one negative controls.
Beetles were almost certainly mated.
Beetles were adults.
Beetles were from the LB strain reared on their respective hosts for multiple generations.
Beetles were surface-sterilized.
Beetles were extracted with QIAGEN DNA-Easy kits.
Sequences are for the v4 region.
MiSeq sequencing was done by MrDNA labs.
For more information, contact Anna Zelaya <anna.zelaya@csusb.edu>