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

Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking exclusively in spider webs and disguising itself in the corpses of its prey.

The Hawaiian caterpillar adorns itself in dead bug parts—and its gruesome habits might be key to its survival in spider webs.

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

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...

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

A flesh-eating caterpillar dresses up in bones to sneak onto spider webs and steal prey, scientists have discovered.