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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

“Even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

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

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson