Transparency - Let's see some see-through organisms

[danly]

I hope this rather cute snail is transparent enough to qualify. What’s that saying, “transparency is in the eye if the beholder?”

[whaichi]

Shiny tortoise beetles have semi-transparent ‘shields’ extending out from their thorax and abdomen.

Cassida piperata | Small Tortoise Beetle · 애남생이잎벌레

[susanne-kasimir]

Palaemon elegans - rockpool prawn are really elegant

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166908200

[nick_nv04]

Mottled tortoise beetle!

[alasdair_scott]

Cochranella pulverata Glass frog. Credit to Geoff Gallice

Diphylleia grayi Skeleton flower. Usually white, turns transparent when wet.
Credit to Midori Mountains

[isopodguy]

Amphipod (probably genus Atylus)

Moonglow anemone

I found these both earlier today. It was a great beach day for me!

[dhasdf]

Another mottled tortoise beetle:

Deloyala guttata

[katya]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36752166

[katya]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4313925

[rizwan]

I have planned to make a project showcasing transparent organisms recently! I think I looked it up but the only one that fit the description was for a few specific ocean taxa that people get mixed up. I like fun little collection projects about interesting traits though. The problem is it’s addicting!

I can’t think of any of my own observations with transparency that are particularly interesting but this and traits like reflective organisms (not necessarily metallic ones) could be really fun.

[naturespotter]

Glass Shrimp, NZ.

[erin-816]

Charidotella purpurata (Small Orange Tortoise Beetle)

Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Annelida (Segmented Worms)

Caecidotea (American Waterslaters)(?)

Hadziida amphipods

Ischyrus pleasing fungus beetle larvae

[sygrnwd]

My favorite is this the larva of this aphid eater, Eupeodes pomus.
To me, transparency in living things is always pretty stunning.

(my observarion here:https://inaturalist.ca/observations/179921366

[bobmcd]

As mentioned earlier, there is a project for specific transparent/translucent marine organisms: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/jellyfish-comb-jellies-salps-and-other-transparents-transluscents Some of inclusions into that project that I have are:

Bolinopsis microptera

Cliopsis krohnii

Beroe mitrata

Gleba cordata

[isopodguy]

A sea louse that was found in some frozen halibut meat

[eyekosaeder]

Transparent is as transparent does!

[wendy5]

A Mitrocoma cellularia (Cross Jellyfish) is mostly transparent.

[whaichi]

I had no idea what this organism was until a helpful identifier came by and identified it as a hoverfly larvae:

Family Syrphidae | Hover Flies · 꽃등에과

This mayfly has its color coming in but you can kind of see the rear hind leg through the abdomen if you squint hard enough:

Stenonema femoratum | Dark Cahill