Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.

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

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

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

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...

The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to ...

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

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

Extraordinary behavior has been reported in a species of Hyposmocoma caterpillars. Although the species is yet to be given a ...