Although the physical appearance of the grass shrimp is not so attractive as ordinary shrimp when they are alive, both turn an attractive pink on being cooked.
草蝦的外觀不甚高明，通常隨其成長階段、棲息環境及餌料等因素的不同而有所差異，一般天然捕獲的草蝦，體色較為鮮豔，呈褐色。