Royal morph breeding question's.

[Jay_1987]

Hi i am looking into breeding royal morph's in the future and was wanting to know a few decent pairing's i could make up if i got about a grand's worth of hatchling's. Have bin looking at bee's and killer bee's and also super pastel's and think they are all great but was just wondering what you all thought?

[Blackecho]

You can probably buy a Super Pastel and a Bumblebee for around the £1k mark, then you're just one step from the Killerbee.

[alan1]

bumblebee male and 2x pastel females = £1k
doubt you'll easily find a super pastel female, and if (when old enough) she decides not to lay, you'll get no offspring that year
whereas if you've got 2 females..........

[Blackecho]

The OP likes Super Pastels as they are so would have the pleasure of owning that too

[alan1]

Originally Posted by Blackecho

The OP likes Super Pastels as they are so would have the pleasure of owning that too

got a few here...
couldnt agree more re: the pleasure of owning
as said tho, "might be a problem sourcing a female"

[Jay_1987]

I also have a normal female so what would i get from putting the bee to her? How about 1.1 pastel and 0.1 bee? Would be able to do super's then?

[nicole horsell]

Originally Posted by Jay_1987

I also have a normal female so what would i get from putting the bee to her? How about 1.1 pastel and 0.1 bee? Would be able to do super's then?

if you get 1.0 bee and 0.2 pastel you would still make super pastels plus more bumblebees and spiders and not sure if you get killerbees from that pair alan1 will let us know. (dont think you can)

plus then you could put the bee to your normal and get pastels spiders normals and bumblebees

[corny girl]

Originally Posted by nicole horsell

if you get 1.0 bee and 0.2 pastel you would still make super pastels plus more bumblebees and spiders and not sure if you get killerbees from that pair alan1 will let us know. (dont think you can)

plus then you could put the bee to your normal and get pastels spiders normals and bumblebees

Not sure but i think you would get Killers from a Bee x Pastel (as you'll have the double Pastel gene from the Bee & the Pastel). I'm hoping to get a Super Pastel male this year & then maybe next year if my Spider is up to size i'll have a go at breeding her.

[nicole horsell]

Originally Posted by corny girl

Not sure but i think you would get Killers from a Bee x Pastel (as you'll have the double Pastel gene from the Bee & the Pastel). I'm hoping to get a Super Pastel male this year & then maybe next year if my Spider is up to size i'll have a go at breeding her.

i think your right with it able to make killers. there should be a fair few supers born this summer. spend the money and get a really nice 1

[corny girl]

Originally Posted by nicole horsell

i think your right with it able to make killers. there should be a fair few supers born this summer. spend the money and get a really nice 1

Yeah my Hubby is buying me one, so will look around & see whats available (i'll just make sure it's feeding well). Last thing i need is to pay out large amounts of money & the thing won't eat .