Researchers find ‘remarkable’ hot-pink insect in Panama rainforest

Mongabay
Apr 13, 2026, 8:57 am88 ptsTrending
In March 2025, biologist Benito Wainwright and his colleagues were searching for katydids — leaf-mimicking insects related to crickets and grasshoppers — in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, when they came across an unexpected sight: a hot-pink katydid individual of the species Arota…

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