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Source: http://nltimes.nl/2017/06/29/rare-pink-grasshopper-spotted-dutch-town
Rare pink grasshopper spotted in Dutch town
By Janene Pieters on June 29, 2017 - 12:30
Pink locust spotted in Oisterwijk, 27 Jun 2017.
Photo: @Natuurmonument / Twitter
Forester Wim Hoogstraaten from Oisterwijk almost couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted a bright pink grasshopper at the visitors' center of Natuurmonumenten in Oisterwijk on Tuesday. Luckily he got over his shock quickly enough to snap a picture.
Forester Frans Kapteijns describes the pink grasshopper as a "very special species", and very rare in the province of Noord-Brabant. "You mostly see them in limestone areas", he said to Omroep Brabant.
According to Natuurmonumenten, a nature conservation organization in the Netherlands, the pink color is very rare. The phenomenon is called erythrism, and is comparable to albinism in humans.
