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Oahu caterpillar hunts insects, wears their body parts as armour
short by Ankit Tiwari / on Friday, 25 April, 2025
A rare carnivorous caterpillar, nicknamed 'Bone collector', was seen using body parts of its prey such as ant heads and fly wings to decorate its silk case. Meat-eating caterpillars "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," a researcher told AP. Found only on Hawaiian island of Oahu, the caterpillar likely does it to camouflage itself.
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