10 Transparent Animals

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Leaf-Mining Beetle

Facts

• Order: Beetles
• Family: Leaf beetles
• Habitat: Asia

Transparent Part: Shell

Leaf-mining beetles can be very colorful with shimmering metallics. The outer shell of the aspidimorpha miliaris leaf beetle doesn’t have any color pigment, so it’s see-through.

Leaf-Mining Beetle Aspidomorpha miliaris - Photo: Stephane Bidouze/Shutterstock

• Table of Contents:
• 0. Introduction
• 1. Glass Frog
• 2. Glass Squid
• 3. Leaf-Mining Beetle
• 4. Crocodile Icefish
• 5. Sea Walnut
• 6. Cleaner Shrimp
• 7. Indian Glassy Fish
• 8. Sea Angel
• 9. Glasswing Butterfly
• 10. Barreleye Fish