Water Strider (Hempitera)

April 2, 2025

Sample information
Picture
Photos by: Aashika B
Location
Collection date 03/12/2025
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Observations

Long dark brown and thin body with 6 legs (2 in the front sides, below head and 4 coming out of the sides to the back) and 2 Antennae coming out of the head.
Putative identification Arthropoda

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

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