Mariposa is the kind of foundation female alpaca breeders dream about. Her solid white pedigree contains the names of two outstanding males, PPPeruvian (Accoyo) El Moustachio and Peruvian Hemingway. The power of the Alianza/Accoyo cross to produce exceptional alpacas is proven again in Mariposa...fine, dense, crimpy, consistent white fiber on a nicely balanced, conformationally correct frame. The whole package! Mariposa has given us three outstanding crias. The third cria is a lovely, spunky, white female, Avalon's Morning Star ... the first cria from Avalon's Peruvian Tri-Star, our white multiple Color Champion. We can't wait to see this little girl grow up. And, as with her other two crias, Mariposa has demonstrated again that she is an attentive mother who births easily and breeds back readily. These are qualities we look for in our foundation females. Since the outcome of the Mariposa/Tri-Star match promises to be something special, we have repeated this breeding. Can we be lucky enough to hit the jackpot twice with this combination? Stay tuned! Unfortunately, Mariposa lost her pregnancy February 13, 2008...a female, of course! We were sadded by this loss, but grateful that Mariposa seems well. We'll be rebreeding her to Tri-Star at the first opportunity following shearing in June.