18 Animals That Lost and Won the Genetic Lottery at the Same Time
Pink katydids: Recent research has shown that pink may soon become a dominant color among North American katydids due to the recess of a green pigment. Pink katydids were discovered in 1874 and called genetic mutants for their bright coloring. Fancy insects, we say. Are pink katydids rare? Pink katydids are a color morph of the green katydid and were first discovered in 1887. They are relatively uncommon. Only one of about 500 has this pink pigmentation, also known as erythrism.