Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot-Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise

Mar 16, 2026 - 12:15
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Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot-Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise
Intense hot pink morph of an adult female Arota festae photographed on March 27, 2025, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Image credit: Zeke W. Rowe.

Entomologists in Panama have observed a leaf-masquerading katydid species that begins life bright pink before turning green days later, a shift that may mimic rainforest leaves that flush red or pink before maturing -- an adaptive camouflage strategy previously mistaken for a rare genetic anomaly.

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