Hawaiian 'Bone Collector' Caterpillar Discovered With Unique Camouflage and Predatory Behavior

Here is an antbone, there the head of a ruffle beetle: On a Hawaiian island, researchers have discovered a caterpillar that eats insects – and adorns itself with the remains of their victims.

Caterpillar dresses in prey's remains

NEW YORK — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey was dubbed the “bone collector.”

Carnivorous caterpillar dresses in prey's remains

NEW YORK — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey was dubbed the "bone collector."

Hawaiian caterpillar patrols spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts

Carnivorous 'Bone Collector' Caterpillar Dresses in Remains of its Prey

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 spiderwebs, feeding on trapped insects and decorating its silk case with their body parts, The Associated Press reported. There are other meat-eating caterpillars that “do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake,” said study author Dan Rubinoff with the Universit…

Newly discovered flesh-eating 'bone collector' caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.”