Hawaiʻi’s bone collector caterpillar survives by wearing insect remains from spiderwebs—an unusual species now threatened by habitat loss.

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 ...

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 lives in spider webs and decorates its portable home with the body parts of the spider’s prey. Skip to content. HI Now Daily. Contests. Join Our Team.

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.

A "bone collector" caterpillar sits in a cobweb with a spider and its egg sac. The newly discovered moth species disguises itself as a larva by covering itself with insect parts. Daniel Rubinoff ...

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 along spider webs ...

The bone collector caterpillar meticulously decorates its portable silk case with inedible insect body parts, including ant heads, fly legs, and other prey parts, giving its case a macabre appearance.

But bone collector caterpillars slink through cobwebs in rotted logs, tree hollows, or crevices in rock and dine on newly dead or weakened insects they find, even gnawing through silk for a meal.

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 ...

Bone collectors are found exclusively in the Wai'anae Mountains on the island of O'ahu, and are exceedingly rare. To date, more than 150 field surveys in the area have yielded only 62 specimens ...