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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...
A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector. The odd insect is only ...
Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...
In the damp hollows of a Hawaiian mountainside, something stirs in the shadows of cobwebs. It is not a spider. Nor the ...
There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.
Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...
The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...
Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.
Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...
Hawaiʻi lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill intended to help shore up Hawaiian Electric Co.’s credit rating despite strong opposition from House and Senate committee chairs who helped vet the measure ...
In a remote and lushly forested area of an Oahu mountain range, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species ...
scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone collector.” A federally funded environmental ...