Scientist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa discovered a new caterpillar with a questionable sense of fashion and ...

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 ...

Scientists discovered a carnivorous caterpillar in Oahu, nicknamed the "bone collector." It camouflages with dead insect parts in spider webs to avoid predators.

However, this discovery shows that the bone collector caterpillar is its own unique species, which is already considered endangered due to its rarity and limited range. “I just couldn’t ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.It creeps ...

Home; Science; speed read Novel 'bone collector' caterpillar wears its prey. Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu .

Specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, are seen in this handout image released by the University of Hawaii, Manoa ...

The “Bone Collector” was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver’s 1997 novel “The Bone Collector” and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar ...

Six specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the ?bone collector?, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, are seen in this handout image ...