Outstanding season, ten (out of 17) girls bred and delivered healthy clutches with a total of 55 eggs.  Several yielded great results especially Blackheads, where I produced  22 Blackhead morphs including my first two Super’s.

Axanthic Killerbee X Axanthic Pastel

Expanding Axanthic project, bred ’16 holdback Axanthic Killerbee girl to original Axanthic Pastel male.  She dropped -4- healthy eggs which hatched June 26th. 

(1.0 Axanthic Killerbee, 1.1 Axanthic Pastel, 0.1 Axanthic Super Pastel)

Killerbee Het Axanthic X Axanthic Pastel

Second Axanthic project for the season, pairing both originals who created several o/s Axanthic Killerbees.  She laid three small eggs on April 29th, which hatched late June.

(0.1 Axanthic Killerbee, 0.1 Axanthic Super Pastel & 0.1 Super Pastel Het Axanthic)

Calico X Blackhead QUAD

One of my veteran breeders, Calico to the “new” Blackhead Quad.  On~May 5th she dropped -4- healthy eggs which hatched early July.  Not disappointed, all -4- Blackhead morphs, amazing results!!!

(1.0 Blackhead Calico Pastel,  1.0 Blackhead Calico Pastel Yellowbelly, 
0.1 Blackhead Calico Yellowbelly & 1.0 Blackhead Pastel)

Blackhead Yellowbelly Ghost X Asphalt Enchi Pastel

Paired virgin Blackhead-YB girl to my new Asphalt/Enchi male. On May 8th she dropped four healthy eggs, and hatched July 7th. Missed on the BH Freeway/Mardi Gras, but still nice clutch.

(1.1 Blackhead Asphalt Pastel, 1.0 Asphalt Enchi Pastel, 1.0 Blackhead Yellowbelly)

BEL Paradox X Butter Leopard Het Clown

Paired new Butter Leopard Het Clown male to virgin Butter-Daddy BEL “Paradox”.  She came thru, laid six healthy eggs on May 14th, which hatched July 13th.  Nice clutch -2- BEL’s, -2- Butter Leopard Lessers, one Butter, one normal.  All  50% het clown & het butter-daddy.

(1.1 BEL 50% het Clown, 1.1 Butter Leopard Lesser 50% het Clown, 0.1 Butter 50% het Clown & normal)

Butter Daddy #2 X Butter Leopard Het Clown

Paired veteran Butter-Daddy offspring to new  Butter LEO het Clown.  She dropped six healthy eggs which hatched July 8th.  Nice clutch, produced -3- BELs, -2- Butter-Daddy’s and one normal, all 50% het clown.

(1.2 BEL 50% het Clown, 1.1 Butter Daddy 50% het clown & normal)

Firebee X Blackhead QUAD

Veteran Firebee girl bred to a new Blackhead-Quad male.  On May 12th she laid eight healthy eggs, and all hatched by July 11th.   Some stunning eye-candy, one of my most exotic clutches ever produced!  

Butterpin X Blackhead Yellowbelly Het Ghost

Another veteran breeder, my ButterPin girl paired against my Blackead YB het Ghost.  She dropped eight healthy eggs on May 26th, everybody hatched late July.  Lots of butter variations & more Blackheads!

(all 50% PH ghost … 0.2 Blackhead Pinstripe, 1.0 Blackhead Butter Yellowbelly, Blackhead 1.0, 2.0 Butter Pinstripe Yellowbelly, 0.1 Butter Pinstripe, 1.0 Blackhead Yellowbelly)

Calico Pastel X Blackhead Ghost Yellowbelly Mojave

Blackhead X Blackhead Ghost Mojave Yellowbelly

Excited about this one, my ’14 Blackhead (virgin) girl to the Blackhead Ghost male.  She dropped five healthy eggs on May 30th, and hatched week of July 29th.  Turns out the female did not carry the ghost gene, but nevertheless she produced my first pair of Super Blackheads!  Quite happy, nice clutch to finish the season!  

(0.3 Blackhead Mojave, 0.1 Super Blackhead Mojave Yellowbelly & 0.1 Super Blackhead Yellowbelly)