Phantom Midge Larva

Previously I uploaded a photo of a phantom midge pupa. In retrospect I should have uploaded this picture first (since it precedes the pupa in the midge's lifecycle), but at the time I had just taken and processed the previous photo and was eager to upload it.

Phantom midge larvae, like the one pictured here, spend most of their time hanging horizontally in the water. They'll thrash their bodies every so often to turn around or escape predators, but aside from this they are motionless and stiff like statues. They look a bit like tiny translucent fish with strange hooked beaks.