Anthrenus verbasci

April 2, 2025

Sample information
Picture
Photos by: Ariana M.
Location
Collection date 03/09/2025
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Observations

Very small (~3 mm), elytron with brown, black, and white “zig-zag” pattern. Flying (wings present). Beetle.

Collected late winter, in forest on ground, in 56°F weather on a partly cloudy day.
Putative identification Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Coleoptera Dermestidae Anthrenus Anthrenus verbasci

Methods
Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen) blood and tissue kit
DNA extraction location body without wings
Single or Duplex PCR Single Reaction
Gel electrophoresis system MiniPCR
Buffer TBE
DNA stain SYBR Safe
Gel images
Protocol notes

CO1 Band Produced

Results
Wolbachia presence
Confidence level
Explanation of confidence level
Wolbachia 16S sequence
Arthropod COI sequence
Summary
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