Raw metagenomic data from Early Detection Rapid Response samples collected in Alaska in 2017

<p>In response to the threat of introductions of non-native forest insects, the Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) program in Alaska monitors for arrivals of non-native insects, an effort that is limited by the time required to process samples using morphological methods.&nbsp;&nbsp;We compared conventional methods of processing EDRR traps with metabarcoding methods for processing the same samples.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>We deployed&nbsp;Lindgren funnel traps at three points of entry in Alaska using standard EDRR methods and the trap samples were later processed using routine sorting and identification based on morphology.&nbsp;&nbsp;The samples were&nbsp;then processed using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) metabarcoding methods.&nbsp;&nbsp;In three samples bycatch was included and in three samples non-native species were added.</p> <p>This dataset includes all of the raw FASTQ files obtained from HTS sequencing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Complete specimen and occurrence data&nbsp;are available via an Arctos (<a href="https://arctosdb.org/">https://arctosdb.org/</a>) archive at <a href="https://arctos.database.museum/archive/2017_edrr_ngs_test_records">https://arctos.database.museum/archive/2017_edrr_ngs_test_records</a>.&nbsp; Sequence data have been&nbsp;deposited in in the NCBI&nbsp;Sequence Read Archive under BioProject <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/PRJNA542936">PRJNA542936</a>.&nbsp; Complete sample data are provided in the file&nbsp;2017_EDRR_STDP_sample_data.csv.</p>