The sky’s the limit: Using airborne DNA to monitor insect biodiversity

Scientists at Lund University have discovered that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA from 85 species could be identified. These preliminary results will be presented at "Ecology Across Borders 2021", a conference organized by the British Ecological Society, via an online poster by Fabian Roger, who is a postdoctoral scientist in the Environmental DNA group of ETH Zurich.