Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings ...

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

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

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

In the damp hollows of a Hawaiian mountainside, something stirs in the shadows of cobwebs. It is not a spider. Nor the ...

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

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

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...

Discover the bone collector caterpillar, a carnivorous insect unique to Hawaii that adorns its silk case with prey.

Scientists in Hawaii Thursday announced the discovery of a carnivorous caterpillar they call the "bone collector" due to its ...

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.

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