Six specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the ?bone collector?, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, are seen in this handout image ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.It creeps ...

What happened. Scientists in Hawaii Thursday announced the discovery of a carnivorous caterpillar they call the "bone collector" due to its practice of decorating its silk-spun shell with body ...

Other meat eaters include Hawaii’s Hyposmocoma molluscivora, a relative of the bone collector, which traps and eats snails, and the aphid-eating caterpillar that becomes the harvester butterfly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.It creeps ...

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The habitat of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector,” in the Waianae mountain range of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, in Hawaii.

COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII / REUTERS . Specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector” camouflage themselves by wearing body parts of their prey.

Specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, are seen in this handout image released by the University of Hawaii, Manoa ...

The habitat of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, in Waianae mountain range of the ...

Hawaii’s ’bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey. Sports & General. Published 04/25/2025, 09:55 AM. Updated 04/25/2025, 03:51 PM.

The "Bone Collector" was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel "The Bone Collector" and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to ...