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Bone Collector, spider web and Caterpillar

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Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spiders

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

Meet the 'Bone Collector' Caterpillar: A Rare Hawaiian Insect That Wears Its Prey and Lives Among Spiders

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the strangest and most threatened species ever found

"Bone collector" caterpillar disguises itself in the remains of its prey, scientists say

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

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A carnivorous ‘bone collector’ caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey

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

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'Bone collector' caterpillar species crawls its way to discovery on Oʻahu

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

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Hawaii's 'bone collector' caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

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These newly discovered rare caterpillars eat each other and cover themselves with bones

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

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