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New Caterpillar Found in Hawaii Wears Dead Bugs and Lives With Spiders

The carnivorous "bone collector" caterpillar is the only known species of its kind, researchers say, and its ancient lineage may soon die out.

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'Bone Collector' Caterpillar Wears Dead Bugs to Steal Prey From Spiders

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.

Flesh-eating caterpillar ‘dresses in bones’ to steal prey

A flesh-eating caterpillar dresses up in bones to sneak onto spider webs and steal prey, scientists have discovered.

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New cannibal caterpillar that wears remains of prey discovered on US island

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar, found exclusively on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, has earned the nickname the "bone ...

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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.

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Bone collector caterpillar adorns itself in insect body parts

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

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Meet the “bone collector” caterpillar, which wears prey’s body parts as camouflage

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...

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