Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spiders
Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wear…
Apr 28, 2025
Smithsonian MagazineMargherita Bassi
A rare carnivorous caterpillar—previously unknown to biologists—stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, a new Science study reports. This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. https://scim.ag/3EDgawM | Science
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They may look like a pile of insect parts—but bone collector caterpillars are actually cleverly camouflaged critters. These rare carnivorous caterpillars are a newly described species in Hawaiʻi. Whatever they don’t eat they use to decorate silk cases that cover their bodies, which entomologists believe help them hide from spiders. When studying them in the lab, researchers noticed that they would sometimes engage in cannibalism when sharing a space. In this clip, at 2x speed, one caterpillar at
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