Interesting Spider x Ghost clutch..thoughts?

[shamroth]

Hi All,

Had 6 hatchlings from a Spider x Ghost pairing, and specifically have two which are very interesting, along with 2 normal and 2 (nice) spiders which take after their mother (All het. ghost).

I am aiming to keep them as Dinkers but interested on opinions on what these could be please.

Thanks

First, the Parents:

Male: Ghost


Female: Spider


The Hatchlings:

One: Normal het ghost


Two: Normal het ghost, with good yellow


Three: Spider het ghost


Four: Spider het ghost


Five: Unknown het ghost, has a clear belly


Six: Unknown het ghost, has a clear belly

[MarkS]

You're right, those are interesting. Clear bellies really aren't that unusual, but those head patterns have me intrigued.

[Asherah]

they make me think of fire or vanilla

[rlditmars]

they make me think of fire or vanilla

Me too. In fact before I made it to the hatchling pics I thought the male looked like more than just ghost. Are you sure there is nothing else in the male? He has pretty great blushing in the dorsal pattern like a Fire would. Is the female Spider a virgin and if not, what was she paired with previously? Cool dinkers to play with.

[h00blah]

Got anymore pics of the Spider female? Perhaps baby pics? She looks like she has fire in her.

#5 and #6 look like they're fires or vanillas, or something along those lines.

Everything else looks like normals and spiders het ghost .

Definitely worth dinking around with! Congrats on the healthy babies !

[shamroth]

Thanks for the feedback guys.
Yes, was also thinking in terms of fire or vanilla, but in regard to that...would fire or vanilla expression be as variable as I see it in those two? Or is the difference just due to how the patterning differs?

Here's two more photos of #5 and #6 together showing how they compare:




Unfortunately I bought both parents at near adult so no baby photos...the spider was an import so I won't be able to track her parentage but the ghost I'm busy trying to get hold of the guy who bred him out to find out what the parents were.

[shamroth]

And yes, Spider was virgin, this is her first pairing.

In terms of spider/vanilla, in the spider hatchlings, what would be the points to look for to identify a spider hatchling vs a spider fire or spider vanilla hatchling?

[darkranger69]

your spider has the fire spider look. but none of the spider hatchlings has it. 5 and 6 look like fires. for information i just hatch one fire spider last year bu it can be mistaken with spiders. could be a fire like gene of course.