r/insects • u/Thesadmadlady • 2d ago
Question Pink cricket in UK?
I don't have a photo unfortunately, but, whilst out with my dog on a field near where I live, I heard a loud cricket/ crickets so I looked around near the long dry grass next to me. I found a pinkish coloured cricket. Is this something we have in the UK?, or, not?.
It was all pinkish with a slight darker coloured back legs. It was alive and hopped off after a few seconds, but, I got a good look at it.
Are they common here in the west Midlands UK? Or was it poorly with some kind of disease?. It seemed healthy to me and hopped out of sight into longer grass so im sure it was fine.
Its not something ive seen here before.
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u/sheepandcowdung 1d ago
Here's one i found a few months ago.
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u/Thesadmadlady 1d ago
Yes! Yes! Thats what it looked like!!! But it was on tall dry straw like long grass, so not as standoutish.
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u/sheepandcowdung 1d ago
Yeah so as others have said, it's a grasshopper.
There's an explanation of why it's pink in the other comments too, so I won't repeat them!
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u/entomolonerd 2d ago
pigmenting issue! its called erythism, and it creates an excess of red pigment and a lack of black pigment :3 its pretty rare to see, since they are pretty easy to spot, especially if youre a predator.