Oval-Shaped Isopod

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Gavin L.
Location
Collection date 10/13/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group St. Paul Academy and Summit School
Observations

I found this medium-sized and oval-shaped bug with lots of legs under a piece of cement in my backyard. I collected it in the fall, in the evening, and the temperature was 52°F.

Putative identification Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Isopoda

Methods

Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen) blood and tissue kit
DNA extraction location Rear half
Single or Duplex PCR Duplex Reaction
Gel electrophoresis system MiniPCR
Buffer TBE
DNA stain GelGreen
Gel images
Protocol notes

Results

Wolbachia presence Unknown
Confidence level Low
Explanation of confidence level

I did not get a band for Wolbachia or Arthropod.

Wolbachia 16S sequence
N/A
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Arthropod COI sequence
N/A
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
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