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Smithsonian Magazine · 1d

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' Caterpillar: A Rare Hawaiian Insect That Wears Its Prey and Lives Among Spiders

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the strangest and most threatened species ever found

Associated Press News on MSN · 3d

A carnivorous ‘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. The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

4d

‘Bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead bugs

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

1don MSN

‘Bone collector’ caterpillar discovered by UH scientists

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

Hawai‘i Public Radio17h

'Bone collector' caterpillar species crawls its way to discovery on Oʻahu

The bone collector caterpillar lives in spiderwebs along the Waiʻanae Mountains and evades capture by encasing itself in the ...

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This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat

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

Futurism on MSN3d

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 ...

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