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Extraordinary behavior has been reported in a species of Hyposmocoma caterpillars. Although the species is yet to be given a ...
Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...
A new species of carnivorous caterpillar, found exclusively on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, has earned the nickname the "bone ...
Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a rare carnivorous caterpillar that hunts trapped insects and camouflages itself with ...
A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The odd insect is only ...
Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...
Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...
The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...
Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...
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 ...
Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.