Pink Grasshopper Found by 11-Year-Old Boy
The insect was found by 11-year-old Daniel Tate who thought it was a flower until he saw it jump and then he realised it was a grasshopper.
The insect was later identified by wildlife officers as an adult female common green grasshopper, which has been born pink.
Daniel, who attended the wildlife event at Seaton Marshes, near Sidmouth, Devon, with his great grandfather, said: “I was looking for grasshoppers when I saw something pink.
“I thought it was a flower but I saw it moving, so I tried to catch it. It jumped and then I knew it was a grasshopper.”
He added: “I was really excited to hear that no one else had found a pink grasshopper at that place before.”
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