Field guide No. 1415
Beetle shedding its shadow shell
Leaving its dark side behind
A beetle on lichen steps out of a black, crumbling shell, and the body underneath is clear as glass. It shed the colour, not the size.
Field noteBeetles stop molting once grown, and never out of their black and into glass.
Also possible, also breaking category
Sailing bed across the salt flatsBeds stay where they are put. This brass one has sails and runners and is under way.
Beaks on the pebblesGulls stand about among loose orange beaks on a beach. Everyone appears fine about it.
Tender gravelEggshell halves sit in hundreds of small dimples across red earth, as if the gravel itself had hatched.
Clamshell cornflakes at breakfastClams in milk instead of flakes: wrong breakfast, perfectly possible clams.