Black, gray, and white organisms

[kanescompendium]

I feel a topic highlighting organisms ranging from black to white is overdue. Whether all black, all white, or an ombre of grays.. share your B&W observations here!!

Ill start with Dead Man’s Finger fungus (Xylaria polymorpha) : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284856551

[papernautilus]

There are too many all-white shell species to count. They are distressingly common and abundant.

[kanescompendium]

Plenty of phylogenetic diversity to explore then! Any favorites or least favorites?

[endearingexotics]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283762585

[oksanaetal]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=144815&user_id=oksanaetal&verifiable=any
Chickadees!

[papernautilus]

Okay, how about this Triphora, though when you look at it closely, it’s very dark brown, not black.

[seventhgentexan]

Texas Ironclad Beetle
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284140043

Zone-tailed Hawk
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268203554
My favorite screen shot from this video is him coming in for a landing onto the water dish, talons extended and tail fanned out. It’s not great quality - really hard to freeze moving birds on video - but I still love it.

[joeylikesbirds]

White-jawed jumping spider

Aptly-named black-and-white warbler

Common snipe fly

[nilshelstrom]

Zebra Longwing (or Zebra Heliconian), Everglades National Park:

[kanescompendium]

Silene latifolia (white campion) : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284855853

[jansson]

Plume moths, to me, are the ultimate fairytale creatures

[trickman]

Black-billed magpies, including black and whites of black and whites.

[kanescompendium]

Bassaniana :https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286153116

Looks like a skull on its rear.

[tjeales]

Southern Sable Antelope Botswana

[whaichi]

Motacilla alba [White Wagtail · 알락할미새]
-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5298707

A Couple Other Birds:
Larus crassirostris [Black-tailed Gull · 괭이갈매기]
-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5113002

Ardea cinerea [Grey Heron · 왜가리]
-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207570194

[papernautilus]

masked water tyrant

[tjeales]

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

[kanescompendium]

B&W Harvestmen : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287189830

[kanescompendium]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284851532

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287194195

Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder). Photos are 1 week apart.

[erin-816]

Cicindela formosa ssp. generosa (Eastern Sand Tiger Beetle)

Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel)

Bombylius incanus

Myxomycetes

Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum)