The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

The bone collector caterpillar lives in spiderwebs along the Waiʻanae Mountains and evades capture by encasing itself in the ...

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector. The odd insect is only ...

The “bone collector" caterpillar lives in spider webs and decorates its portable home with the body parts the spider’s prey.

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...

Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...