With the primary colors having their own threads (see the links below), what about the lack of color at all? Let’s see some transparent/sort of transparent organisms! A couple species of Aegithus have almost see-through elytra: [image] Genus Aegithus from SN Miguel Bancos, Pichincha, EC on Febru…

I imagine this thread will largely be the territory of fishes, so I will start with a fish . On land, here are what I suppose are gastropod eggs . And an adult too ! These guys shells are very small and very thin, so are a little transparent. On the small end of things, here is a mosquito larva , a cu…

[image] apusaffinis: here are what I suppose are gastropod eggs Earthworms also lay eggs like that.

Commelina erecta ssp erecta are a morning dayflower that last only a few hours; their petals go translucent before seeming to melt into nothingness. [original (8)] For comparison, here is one before it begins to fade .

Another one I just thought of: [original (9)] Ghost Ants ( Tapinoma melanocephalum) Very hard to spot. These I spotted the damage to the Solanum erianthum, and only when I looked more closely saw the ants.

American Thief Ants (Solenopsis molesta), which I used for the yellow organism thread, are one of my favorite species locally and are very small and can be partially translucent. This photo shows the transparency in the head https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214085721 [Screenshot 2025-02-28…

These threads are like a black hole - I can’t tear myself away! Not that I’m really trying… (-: Thanks for this! Pleurobrachia pileus (Sea Gooseberry) [Pleurobrachia pileus] Palaemon (Glass Shrimps) [Palaemon] From the clearwing moth family (Edited to add missed obs. link): Synanthedon sc…

Ok, I’ve found a few more. [image] @erin-816 ’s sea gooseberry reminded me of my own sea gooseberry observation. [image] Drone fly larva [image] Victoria’s crystal jelly [image] Some kind of hydroid

I think all my transparent observation are aquatic and very small. I do think they are very cool, but perhaps being transparent is not the most impressive thing when at most a few millimetres in size and there’s a strong light shone through your tissue. That being said, my favourite is probably Ter…

[image] eyekosaeder: I think all my transparent observation are aquatic and very small. On that note, here is a Tubificine worm , with its corkscrew-shaped gut visible through its completely transparent body. [image]

Transparency - Let's see some see-through organisms

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Thunderhead March 1, 2025, 2:14am 11

I sat and watched this slug eat lunch for several minutes. It was the first time I’ve seen the food get “sucked up” through the head. Cool.

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