Cheiracanthium

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Owen Keenan
Location
Collection date 03/05/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Woburn Memorial High School
Observations

Yellow spider with a darker shade triangle on its back, 8 legs, seems to be around 8mm in length with its legs being larger than its body.

Image of observed spiders back

Putative identification Arthropoda Chelicerata Arachnida Araneae Cheiracanthiidae Cheiracanthium

Methods

Extraction kit Edwards Buffer
DNA extraction location Abdomen
Single or Duplex PCR Duplex Reaction
Gel electrophoresis system MiniOne
Buffer TAE
DNA stain GelGreen
Gel images
Protocol notes

Results

Wolbachia presence No
Confidence level Low
Explanation of confidence level

Due to the fact that the positive control arthropod in well 4 showed no band at 438 bp indicating Wolbachia prescience the rest of the experiment is invalidated. It remains inconclusive if the arthropod being observed in well 2 is infected with wolbachia because there is no control to reference it to.

Wolbachia 16S sequence
Arthropod COI sequence
Summary The Cheiracanthium was found to be negative for Wolbachia.
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