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

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

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

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered it, hides ...

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...

Mermithidae refers to a family of nematode worms known to parasitize various arthropods (that’s your crunchy invertebrates, like insects, arachnids, and crustaceans). Most of these nematodes target ...