A GIRL from Anglesey was delighted to discover a particularly rare pink grasshopper last week.

Ava Jones Weaver, six, found the insect at her family’s Llangefni allotment on Friday (July 14).

Her mum, Elizabeth, believed there to be a “one per cent chance for someone to find one in their lifetime”.

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She added that Ava was looking forward to showing the grasshopper to her school friends at Ysgol Goronwy Owen this week.

Elizabeth said: “Her absolute favourite thing to do at the allotment is looking for bugs, and she constantly brings me pots with different bugs in.

“But on Friday she came to me all exited and said: ‘Mam, I've found an ultra-rare grasshopper!’

“I laughed it off, thinking it had one less leg than your usual grasshopper, but once she opened her hand, I saw the most beautiful pink grasshopper. She was so excited that she had found it.

“We took a few photos and showed her little sister, Angel, who was equally as excited, and then Ava put it back where she had found it under the courgette plants.

“Ava was so exited and could not wait to show all her friends and teachers at Ysgol Goronwy Owen on Monday.

“I believe it’s the second one to be found on Anglesey this year, and that there's a one per cent chance for someone to find one in their lifetime, so Ava was very impressed!”

Earlier this summer, amateur photographer Gary Phillips, 65, was stunned to make a similar discovery will pruning his dahlias in Llandegfan.

It is believed that, on rare occasions, a genetic mutation causes the grasshoppers to turn pink.

This makes seeing them even rarer again, as their bright colours mean they are unable to hide from predators and do not survive for as long.