They are territorial, and typically only one caterpillar is found on a single cobweb because they cannibalize the competition. Fortunately for us, the bone collector caterpillar is only about a ...

Nicknamed the "bone collector," this rare caterpillar is as elusive as it is eerie, and may be unlike anything the scientific world has seen before. The caterpillar cloaks itself in the body parts ...

Or, more likely, there’s a bone collector in your midst. A newly discovered moth species spends its caterpillar days squatting in spiderwebs, fastidiously camouflaging itself in the cast-off ...

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It creeps along spiderwebs ...

Add to that list the newly discovered "bone collector" caterpillar, which conducts daring raids on spider webs for sustenance, camouflaging itself in the body parts of already-consumed insects to ...

But entomologist Daniel Rubinoff of the University of Hawaii, Manoa, he would like you to meet the hungry caterpillar's carnivorous cousin. DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone.

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered ...

Hawaii's 'Bone Collector' Caterpillar Wears the Body Parts of Dead Prey By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu ...

Cases of “the bone collector,” an extremely rare carnivorous caterpillar that decorates itself in the body parts of its meals.Credit...Rubinoff lab/Entomology Section, University of Hawaii ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The carnivorous caterpillars construct a sort of armor out of the body ...

What it eats: Flies, weevils, bark beetles, ants or any arthropod caught in a spider's web Why it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh.