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

Despite all of its great potential, Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie's The Bone Collector failed to make a positive ...

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 ...

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.

Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings and heads of their victims to avoid detection by their spider hosts.

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which is the only place it's known to live today ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have discovered a new caterpillar species they dub the “bone collector.” The bone collector lives in spiderwebs and decorates ...

“The bone collector caterpillar is another example of how incredible and unpredictable evolution in Hawaiʻi can be,” said Dan Rubinoff, a UH Mānoa entomology professor. “Not only are they ...

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 ...

Scientist said that the caterpillar, named the “bone collector,” is a member of the Hawaiian Fancy Case Caterpillar group, also known as the genus Hyposmocoma. It lives in spider webs and ...