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.

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy ... danger for both caterpillar and moth alike,” said David Wagner, an ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaii have discovered a new caterpillar species with what are considered to be unique ...

A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders. Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn ...

A “bone collector” attacks another native moth caterpillar ... another never-before-seen act in any caterpillar species, and may use the body parts to camouflage themselves from their ...

A newly hatched caterpillar then collects bones to “camouflage itself from the spider landlord,” Rubinoff says. “The only chance they have of making a living in this situation is to decorate ...

A newly discovered moth species spends its ... Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to feed on trapped prey ...

Not only does it live in an eerily precarious environment, suspended among webs inside tree hollows, rock crevices and fallen logs, but this caterpillar is carnivorous. And after it’s finished ...

The larger the band, the worse the winter. While salt moth caterpillars may not be harmful to people, asp caterpillars are. Take a look at what an asp looks like here from a previous KHOU 11 story.