Dietary assessment of morabine grasshoppers through faecal metabarcoding
This BioProject contains sequence data generated through faecal metabarcoding of two morabine grasshoppers: Keyacris scurra and Vandiemenella viatica, collected from Victoria, Australia. The study aims to investigate the dietary composition of these species by targeting fragment of the ITS2, rbcL and trnL gene regions using high-throughput sequencing. Faecal samples were collected in the field and processed to identify consumed plant taxa, providing insights into the trophic ecology and resource use of these species. The dataset contributes to understanding the ecological role of morabine grasshoppers and supports conservation strategies based on their feeding behaviours.