Table 3. Non-frozen sediment samples investigated in the study.

Sample #	Locality	Age	p.p.	Level
ABC10652	Hukanui Pool, layer C, New Zealand	3280–1800 yr. BP	81%	Order: Lepidoptera
ABC10652	Hukanui Pool, layer C, New Zealand	3280–1800 yr. BP	85%	Order: Coleoptera
ABC10653	Hukanui Pool, layer F*, New Zealand	AD 1870-present

Authentic DNA sequence obtained only from sample #ABC10652.

yr. BP) calendar years before present (1950); p.p.) posterior probability of assigning the sequence to the given taxonomic level.

^*)This layer is mostly sheep faeces, see [21].