These data were collected by students at Morehouse College in Fall 2022.
Beetles were reared on blackeye peas and collected as virgins (N=10). Eggs were laid on sterile glass beads approximately 6 beads/sample (N=8).  Negative control data were subtracted from the sample sequence data.
Beetles were virgins.
Beetles were from the LB strain adapted to their host bean for many generations.
Beetles were females.
Beetles were adults.
Eggs samples from eggs laid on glass beads.
Beetles and eggs were surface-sterilized.
Beetles and eggs were extracted with QIAGEN DNA-Easy kits.
Sequences are for the v4 region.
MiSeq sequencing was done by MrDNA labs.