Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking exclusively in spider webs and disguising itself in the corpses of its prey.

The bone collector caterpillar lives in spiderwebs along the Waiʻanae Mountains and evades capture by encasing itself in the ...

The “bone collector" caterpillar lives in spider webs and decorates its portable home with the body parts of the spider’s ...

In a remote, lushly forested area of an Oahu mountain range, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species ...

A new species of caterpillar called the "bone collector" strips the body parts of its slain enemies and uses them to make a ...

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector. The odd insect is only ...

In a remote and lushly forested area of an Oahu mountain range, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species ...

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

Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.