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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

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Hawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears dead insect parts

In a remote and lushly forested area of an Oahu mountain range, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone collector.

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'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect body parts as disguise

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking their webs and stealing their prey

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New Caterpillar Found in Hawaii Wears Dead Bugs and Lives With Spiders

The carnivorous "bone collector" caterpillar is the only known species of its kind, researchers say, and its ancient lineage ...

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This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

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