Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to feed on trapped prey: both living and freshly dead. Bone collectors will ...

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...

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 ...

Instead, it is something stranger — a caterpillar wrapped in the body parts of the dead. Yes, this thing is for real. Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile ...

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 ...

Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.