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‘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.
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Hawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears body parts of dead prey
In a remote, 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 ...
The ‘Bone Collector’ Doesn’t Play With Its Food. It Wears It.
Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.
These newly discovered rare caterpillars eat each other and cover themselves with bones
Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...
New species of caterpillar found in Hawaii camouflages itself in dead bugs
Scientists at the University of Hawaii have discovered a new caterpillar species with what are considered to be unique ...
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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 ...