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

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

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

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

Its decorations include: a weevil head, an ant head, spider legs, bits of fly wing, pieces of beetle wing and abdomen, and other insect body parts. Photograph By Dr. Daniel Rubinoff Carnivory ...

The newly described “bone collector” caterpillar species disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so that it can live among spiders and poach their prey. This is the only ...

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...

by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from ...