Carnivorous caterpillars discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu have a freaky fashion sense. Cases of “the bone collector,” an extremely rare carnivorous caterpillar that decorates itself ...

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it's not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths ...

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It creeps along spiderwebs, feeding ...

A carnivorous caterpillar discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu adorns its silken protective case with the body parts of insect prey. This macabre coat helps them hide from spiders, whose webs ...

Bone collector cases are cannibals. The video shows two bone collector caterpillars, with one attacking the other by biting a hole in the side of its silken cocoon, entering inside and killing and ...

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 ...

The caterpillar, which grows to about half an inch in its larval form before becoming a moth, has yet to be designated a Latin name. For now, its common name, “bone collector,” will do.

Documented in a new study published in Science on Thursday, April 25, the insect is a newly described species within the Hyposmocoma genus, known for its bizarre behaviors and evolutionary surprises.

The process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly has long fascinated and inspired people. This remarkable metamorphosis, in which a crawling insect evolves into a graceful, winged ...

News Science. New cannibal caterpillar that wears remains of prey discovered on US island. It has been dubbed the bone collector. Adithi Ramakrishnan. Thursday 24 April 2025 19:01 BST.

The caterpillar, which grows to about half an inch in its larval form before becoming a moth, has yet to be designated a Latin name. For now, its common name, “bone collector,” will do.