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

Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spiders

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which is the only place it's known to live today

Meet the 'bone collector': A newly discovered insect in Hawaiʻi

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have discovered a new caterpillar species they dub the "bone collector." The bone collector lives in spiderwebs and decorates its habitat with the body parts of dead insects. Scientists have watched the macabre insect measuring and attaching fly wings, weevil heads and earwig abdomens to their homes. Kauai councilmember sounding ’emergency alarm’ on coconut rhinoceros beetles "T…

‘Bone collector’ caterpillar discovered by UH scientists

The “bone collector" caterpillar lives in spider webs and decorates its portable home with the body parts of the spider’s prey.

Extremely Metal "Bone Collector" Caterpillar Cloaks Itself in the Shattered Exoskeletons of Its Vanquished Foes

A newly discovered species of caterpillar in Hawaii is unlike any other. It's carnivorous — already an extreme rarity for these generally benign creatures — and when it's not devouring its helpless foes, it's cloaking itself in a gruesome canvas of their body parts. Oh, did we also mention it's occasionally a cannibal? Taking trophies ranging from entire heads to molted exoskeletons, there's a reason why scientists have nicknamed it the "bone co…

This Sicko Caterpillar Wears the Bones of Its Victims

Welcome back to the Abstract! Beware: This week’s offerings are not for the faint of heart. There will be blood. There will be gore. There will be death. There will be…honeydew? First stop is a gladiator cemetery, which has got to be one of the most haunted varieties of burial ground. There is very bad mojo at a gladiator cemetery! This one is no exception. Next, meet a very hungry caterpillar with a very grotesque fashion sense and behold a hel…