Boy in pink with grasshopper find
A schoolboy discovered a rare pink grasshopper at an insect event.
Daniel Tate, 11, was at the first Minibeasts On The Marshes event in Seaton Marshes, Devon, with his grandfather, Barry Stanley, when he stumbled upon the creature.
Daniel said: "I was looking for grasshoppers when I saw something pink. I thought it was a flower but I saw it moving, so I tried to catch it. It jumped and I then knew it was a grasshopper.
"I was really excited to hear that no-one else had found a pink grasshopper at that place before."
Staff at East Devon District Council, who organised the event, were said to be "perplexed" by the bright pink insect.
Fraser Rush, nature reserves officer, later identified it as the Common Green Grasshopper, which sometimes occurs in pink and purple colour variations.