Why it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh.And once it finishes scavenging on dead or dying insects trapped in a spider's web, the ...

Although most caterpillars are herbivores (less than 0.13% of the almost 200,000 species of moths and butterflies are predatory caterpillars!), the bone collector does eat other insects.

For now, its common name, “bone collector,” will do. The unique epithet befits a unique animal, Rubinoff said. “No other caterpillar is stupid enough to live in a spider’s web,” he said.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...