I had 2 female Albinos that I wanted to breed this year. I put a Stinger Bee in with one and a Spinner in with the other. Only one of them laid this year. It happened to be the one that the Spinner had assigned to him. The female's card only shows one breeding with the Spinner.
So, fast forward 50 days. I cut the clutch, and was very disappointed to see 5 spiders and one het in the eggs. They hatched out yesterday, and I wondered why the Spiders looked so good. So, I went back to cleanning adults, and when I pulled out the Albino female that laid these eggs, it sparked something in my memory that I never marked on the Albinos' breeding cards. During the season, I had happened to have dropped the males in with the wrong females (both on the same day). I never saw a copulation with either of the males in the wrong tubs, and never marked them down.
I immediately ran to the baby room, and looked in the clutch tub one more time. Below is what I saw. (I'll jump the gun a bit). I had 3 Stinger Bee Het Albinos and 2 Spider Het Albinos. That put a smile on my face, since the Stiger Het Albinos are what I wanted more than Spinner Het Albinos.
I guess you could call that a good screw up!
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