Northern Crab Spider

September 11, 2025

Sample information
Picture
Photos by: Ethan L
Location
Collection date 09/11/2025
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Penn State Lehigh Valley
Observations

Found in small leafy fern right to lion statue outside the main entrance of campus. Small spider of a greenish color with a yellow and black abdomen. Red eyes, superior leg pairs about double in length to inferior two leg pairs. Small brown hairs growing in density on distal side of legs and back of abdomen.
Putative identification Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Thomisidae

Methods
Extraction kit
DNA extraction location
Single or Duplex PCR
Gel electrophoresis system
Buffer
DNA stain
Gel images
Protocol notes

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