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.

Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while wearing cast-off bits of the spider’s prey. Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the ...

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 ...

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This rare creature adorns its silk case with the remains of its insect prey ...

OAHU — In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a ...

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 along spider webs ...

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 ...

The researchers said the “bone collector” inhabits a patch of mountain forest spanning just 5.8 square miles (15 square km) in the Waianae mountain range. Rubinoff said this caterpillar has a ...

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the caterpillar belongs to the genus Hyposmocoma, commonly known as “fancy case” caterpillars because they make variously ornamented protective cases to ...

scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone collector.” For five individuals, Monday was a ...

A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to ... This unique new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian… pic.twitter.com ...