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This is the best summary I could come up with:
When Sansone ran inside to grab her camera for a picture, Seed began researching the creature.
The hot pink grasshopper is an oddity, but experts say that's less a result of its genes and more about its attractiveness to predators.
The pink grasshoppers would be more common if they weren't eaten by birds, small rodents and other insects.
The family has since transferred their grasshopper, now named "Bubbles" (a nod to the creature's resemblance to bubblegum), from the insect box into a more spacious terrarium.
The grasshopper, commonly known as a Carolina locust, is a nymph, meaning it is immature and has no wings.
If other Londoners encounter a pink grasshopper, Marshall has simple advice: "Take some pictures and admire it.
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