A New Forest councillor has spotted one of the UK's rarest bugs while taking a stole through a green are in Totton.

DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone. It is a lone wolf. SUMMERS: Bone collectors eat other bugs, and if that wasn't punk enough for you, their name comes from what they do to bug corpses ...

HONOLULU - A newly identified species of caterpillar in Hawaii is garnering attention for its unusual behavior, which scientists say has never been observed before. The caterpillar, known as the "bone ...

NEW YORK — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It creeps along ...

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre ...

The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. "So it's probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed ...

The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. “So it’s probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed ...

The caterpillars use their carefully curated mélange of dead insect parts to hide from the spiders in whose webs they reside, the researchers said in the journal Science. The few species of meat ...

We all need a way to get along in this wild, wicked world, and a rare insect found only on a mountainside on O'ahu has found an incredible strategy. A species of caterpillar that scientists are ...

On a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, scientists have identified a species of carnivorous caterpillar with a macabre lifestyle: it lives in cobwebs and feasts on weakened or dead ...

consuming trapped insects and then decorating its silken case with the leftover body parts. "There are other meat-eating caterpillars that do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," said ...