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Hawaii's 'Bone Collector' Caterpillar Wears the Body Parts of Dead Prey

The habitat of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector”, which camouflages itself by wearing body parts of its prey, in Waianae mountain range of the Hawaiian island of Oahu,

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This caterpillar wears the body parts of insect prey

A severed ant head. A fly wing. A beetle abdomen. These body parts ripped from devoured insects festoon a newfound caterpillar’s protective coat. Dubbed the “bone collector,” this ...

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‘Bone collector’ caterpillar, a new species, wears outfit of body parts

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 ...

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Bone collector caterpillar adorns itself in insect body parts

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it's not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths ...

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

Scientists have discovered a rare and ancient lineage of caterpillar in Hawaii that wears the “bones” of insects as a form of camouflage. Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa ...

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Caterpillar Celebrates First 100 years with a Commitment to the Future Workforce

IRVING, Texas, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced an investment to support a key source of its success and longevity for the next 100 years: people.

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