Table 3. Detectability of mosquito DNA in artificial bat feces with increasing concentrations of Aedes aegypti (by volume; 0-100 %).

% Aedes aegypti (by volume)	0	5	10	15	20	25	100
Replicate 1	✓	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	✗
Replicate 2	✓	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	°	✗
Replicate 3	✓	✓✗	°	✓✗	✓✗	✓✗	✗
% of mosquito sequences in clone library	n/a	20	30	10	30	30	n/a

✗ represents successful PCR amplification with a corresponding DNA sequence matching Ae. aegypti; ✓ represents successful PCR amplification with a corresponding DNA sequence matching T. molitor; ✓✗ represents mixed DNA sequence; ° represents a non-readable sequence due to excessive loss of PCR products during purification prior to sequencing.