Six specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the ?bone collector?, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, are seen in this handout image ...

Scientist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa discovered a new caterpillar with a questionable sense of fashion and ...

In the damp hollows of a Hawaiian mountainside, something stirs in the shadows of cobwebs. It is not a spider. Nor the long-legged centipedes or impaling air-snatchers that usually star in the islands ...

What happened. Scientists in Hawaii Thursday announced the discovery of a carnivorous caterpillar they call the "bone collector" due to its practice of decorating its silk-spun shell with body ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

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COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII / REUTERS . Specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector” camouflage themselves by wearing body parts of their prey.

The habitat of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector,” in the Waianae mountain range of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, in Hawaii.

Specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, are seen in this handout image released by the University of Hawaii, Manoa ...

The habitat of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, in Waianae mountain range of the ...

The "Bone Collector" was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel "The Bone Collector" and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to ...

Hawaii’s ’bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey. Sports & General. Published 04/25/2025, 09:55 AM. Updated 04/25/2025, 03:51 PM.