Blue and brown baby crayfish?

Ghelfaire
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Is it possible for a blue lobster crayfish to have both blue and brown babies? If not then I know I was sold the wrong species and that she's a blue self cloning crayfish.
Picture of a couple of the babies below.
 

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Blacksheep1
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Are they from the same spawn ?
 
Ghelfaire
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  • #3
Yes, she was in a tank with about 10 other crayfish at the store and laid eggs a few weeks after I got her so either species is on the table.
 
Blacksheep1
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I guess the only real way to tell if it’s Procambarus virginalis or not is to wait and see if she has more babies . If she does they yes you have a self cloning one
 
Ghelfaire
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  • #5
I was hoping to find out earlier so I know what to sell the babies as.
How early is it possible to tell the gender of the baby crayfish? If they're all female then she's a self cloning one.

Here's a pic of her if that helps, I've not gotten a straight answer from anyone do far.
 

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Blacksheep1
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Males have larger swimmerets extending forwards between the last few pairs ( for transferring sperm ) . Females look like they just have legs then normal swimmerets if that makes sense. At the size yours are they’ll be too small to sex yet I’d imagine.

I’m far from a crayfish expert but yours does look like a blue rather than a cloning. Have you tried to keep any fish with her ? The aggression can be an indicator but obviously that’s never 100%. Does she eat your plants ?
 
Ghelfaire
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  • #7
She was eating the roots off of my anubias but I don't think she's been eating the moss in there.

I've not kept fish with her, the only fish I have at the moment are the male guppies that I raised from fry. I don't want to risk parasites from cheap feeder fish either.

I'll wait for the baby crayfish to get a bit bigger.
 

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