Black pastel clutch

[SFgeckos]

Photo 1: The entire clutch
Photo 2: Spiders/possible black pastel spiders (I can't tell right now)
Photo 3: Spiders with black pastel sibling

Jon

 

[robin]

those are looking good jon! how long do you have to wait til you can tell if they are black pastel spiders?

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Those look a lil light to be Black Bee's. Any way you cut it, nice looking clutch

 

[SFgeckos]

Thanks! I would agree, they are all a bit light but I'm waiting for them to shed before I examine them a bit closer- usually you can tell by the darkness of the body and head, but that's not always the case for every animal. It really varies depending on the quality of the parents (heavy pattern spider vs reduced pattern/high white spider, line of black pastel (I believe there are 3 proven lines), high expression blackback black pastel vs low expression, super abberrant/striped black pastel, etc). That is one of the major issues I predict in the future for the bp industry, with all the endless combos, particularly those morphs with a "range" of phenotypic expression it may become more difficult to decipher genetics with 3 or 4+ genes in one animal.

Jon

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Fantastic clutch! Love that black pastel