Rare pink grasshopper spotted in Mackenzie Basin! Ranger Jen Schori couldn’t believe her eyes when a colleague spotted a pink robust grasshopper during an annual survey near Lake Tekapo/Takapō in the Mackenzie Basin. Jen has been studying robust grasshoppers for years, but this was the first time she had seen one in person. Pink grasshoppers are exceptionally rare, likely caused by a genetic mutation called erythrism which results in an over production of red pigment and less of the usual natura