Pediatricians caution that parents should do their research before bringing kids to get their ears pierced. “Parents should seek fully licensed and experienced piercers that focus on proper safe and ...

Why Spider Mites Are So Common "Spider mites are one of the more common—and exceptionally frustrating—pests of plants both ...

Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking ...

A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders. Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn ...

Spider veins, which are red or blue, look like a spider’s web or tree branch. They are typically visible on the legs and face. Spider angioma or spider nervus is a common development of small ...

Here, Daniel Rubinoff and colleagues describe a newly discovered Hawai'ian predatory caterpillar species –the "bone collector" – which lives exclusively within spider webs tucked into tree hollows and ...

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

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

It is about the length of a fingernail and feeds on insects trapped in spider webs. “Only 0.13 per cent of all caterpillars on the planet are carnivorous,” says Rubinoff. “So it is ...

There it resides exclusively on cobwebs spun by spiders in logs and rock cavities. As the caterpillars skulk about the webs, they scavenge dead and dying insects and other arthropods ensnared in ...

Spiders provoke diverse emotions ranging from fascination to fear, yet these remarkable arachnids contribute significantly to various ecosystems, primarily through their intricate web designs. Webs ...