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 and ...

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 caterpillar known ...

We all need a way to get along in this wild, wicked world, and a rare insect found only on a mountainside on O'ahu has found an incredible strategy. A species of caterpillar that scientists are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s Halloween every day for the bone collector caterpillar. The moth larva decorates its drag-along dwelling with scavenged body ...

The newly discovered bone collector caterpillar wears a camouflage garment made from body parts of its prey. The caterpillar only occurs on a single mountainside on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu.

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts. In their ...

In a remote and lushly forested area of an Oahu mountain range, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the ...

Most caterpillars spend their days chewing leaves and preparing for the long transformation into butterflies or moths. That peaceful image falls apart when you meet the creature scientists now call ...

A newly identified carnivorous caterpillar on the Hawaiian island of Oahu is turning heads in the scientific community. Nicknamed the "bone collector," this rare insect uses the body parts of its prey ...