Environmentalism for Children :) What you are looking at is the very rare and very pink katydid. First discovered back in 1887, the pink katydid is so rare that they occur once out of every 500 individuals. You have a better chance of spotting a unicorn in the wild. Of course, the color pink alone isnt very common to the animal kingdom, flamingos aside. Its the result of a condition called erythrism, similar to the recessive gene that afflicts albino animals.Katydids are large, leaf-shaped and usually green. They are named after a song they sing: katy did katy did katy did. Their green skin makes them somewhat hard to find for insect-chowing predators. But the pink ones are not afforded the same luxury. The only katydid native to the United States known to have this genetic defect is the oblong-winged katydid, Amblycorypha oblongifolia.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:52:55 +0000
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