Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

What it eats: Flies, weevils, bark beetles, ants or any arthropod caught in a spider's web Why it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh.

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 ...

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the caterpillar belongs to the genus Hyposmocoma, commonly known as “fancy case” caterpillars because they make variously ornamented protective cases to ...

Researchers recently found a tiny critter with a disturbing sense of fashion on one of Hawaii's beautiful islands.

DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone. It is a lone wolf. SUMMERS: Bone collectors eat other bugs, and if that wasn't punk enough for you, their name comes from what they do to bug ...

Quirks and Quarks7:50The ‘bone collector’ caterpillar covers itself with body parts It's like something from a horror movie. A creeping, carnivorous creature that in a macabre attempt at ...

(Courtesy Daniel Rubinoff via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” There are other meat-eating caterpillars that ...

They even resort to cannibalism, attacking other caterpillars of the same species. The “Bone Collector” was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver’s 1997 novel The Bone ...

Murder.net is a chilling thriller about the dark web’s deadly side. WEST PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A chilling new thriller pulls readers deep into the darkest ...

And once it finishes scavenging on dead or dying insects trapped in a spider's web, the bone collector covers itself in the legs, wings or heads of its prey for camouflage to avoid being eaten.