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Pink katydids have been recorded in scientific literature since 1878, but they have usually been viewed as rare and disadvantageous mutations.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

The insects, which are not true crickets but shield-backed katydids, are flightless.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2022

Street trees and yard trees showed off their best bright new growth, the greens of katydids and not-quite-ripe limes.

From Slate • May 28, 2022

This allows their brains to assemble dynamic images of the size, shape, distance and motion of the zigzagging moths and plummeting katydids that are their prey.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020

“Of course it’s true. What’s so peculiar about that? You ought to see where my cousins the crickets and the katydids keep theirs.”

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl