The Writer’s Notebook – Tricked Out Grasshoppers

It’s estimated that around 97% of the world’s creatures are invertebrates, yet I don’t think we spend nearly enough time marveling at their diversity.

It’s Pride Month – and there’s no better rep than this gorgeous fellow.

And this lovely grasshopper is also a beauty. Pink grasshoppers exist because of a genetic mutation called erythrism, which can cause an absence of normal pigment, or an excess of it. (I actually had to cut these guys from my book, PINK IS FOR BLOBFISH.) I hope they forg...