Pink Ghost - _TNY_9388
Similar to albinism which means the animal lacks pigmentation, there is also erythrism, sometimes called erythrochroism, which instead makes them red or pink.
More than all other animals, grasshoppers happen to suffer from this, but it still looks quite alien, wouldn't you say? Like a tiny plastic toy or something.
This one is just a nymph, and typically the pink ones tend to be nymphs as the intense colour makes them easier to spot for predators so fewer survive to adult form. As there are several species which look just the same as nymphs, I can't say which exact species this is, but the white eyes make it look really cool in my book!
Pink Ghost - _TNY_9388
Similar to albinism which means the animal lacks pigmentation, there is also erythrism, sometimes called erythrochroism, which instead makes them red or pink.
More than all other animals, grasshoppers happen to suffer from this, but it still looks quite alien, wouldn't you say? Like a tiny plastic toy or something.
This one is just a nymph, and typically the pink ones tend to be nymphs as the intense colour makes them easier to spot for predators so fewer survive to adult form. As there are several species which look just the same as nymphs, I can't say which exact species this is, but the white eyes make it look really cool in my book!