Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to feed on trapped prey: both living and freshly dead. Bone collectors will ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to fool the spiders with which it lives.

A host of caterpillars native to Hawaii use silk glands to spin protective cases studded with lichen, sand and other materials. This one is the first to use ant heads and fly wings. “It really ...

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...

A host of caterpillars native to Hawaii use silk glands to spin protective cases studded with lichen, sand and other materials. This one is the first to use ant heads and fly wings. "It really is ...

Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while ...

“Only 0.13 per cent of all caterpillars on the planet are carnivorous ... The critter carefully sizes up each body part – which might include ant heads, beetle abdomens or fly wings ...