Brown carpenter ant (Camponotus ligniperda)

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Vidya V.
Location
Collection date 11/12/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Walton High School
Observations

Slow, does not try to climb up cup when captured, small sized (about .5 cm in length from start of head to end of abdomen)

Putative identification

Methods

Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen)
DNA extraction location Whole arthropod
Single or Duplex PCR Single Reaction
Gel electrophoresis system MiniPCR
Buffer TBE
DNA stain GelGreen
Gel images
Protocol notes

Gel Images: Lane 6 for both

(checking for Wolbachia presence and Arthropod extraction verification)

Results

Wolbachia presence Unknown
Confidence level Medium
Explanation of confidence level

Confidence level is based on the fact that there were good extraction and results for the arthropod. The wolbachia was unsure so it was not sent to be sequenced.

Additional Notes: After running the BLAST, the arthropod was determined to be an Asian needle ant (Brachyponera chinensis)

Wolbachia 16S sequence
n/a
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Arthropod COI sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
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