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A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector. The odd insect is only ...
Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...
In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...
Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...
There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.
The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to ...
Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.
Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...
A newly discovered species of caterpillar in Hawaii is unlike any other. It's carnivorous — already an extreme rarity for ...
The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...
Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...
A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...