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 bone caterpillar may have only just been discovered by humans, but it's at least 5 million years old and possibly as old as 12 million years, predating the island of O'ahu on which it now ...

Bone collector cases are carefully constructed from silk and exoskeleton parts. Image: Rubinoff lab, Entomology Section, University of Hawaii, Manoa Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The bone collector caterpillar puts a macabre spin on the practice. Using silk, the caterpillar weaves bits of the dead insects it encounters on the spider’s web.

Home; Science; speed read Novel 'bone collector' caterpillar wears its prey. Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...

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