Spot a tiny fuzzy caterpillar crawling across an oak leaf and your first instinct might be to take a closer look—or even pick it up. With its thick coat of silky hair, the puss caterpillar can look ...

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 and ...

A rare Hyposmocoma caterpillar, nicknamed the "bone collector," discovered in Oʻahu, Hawaii, uses dead insect parts to disguise itself on spider webs The newly identified species is carnivorous and ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Spotted a fuzzy-looking caterpillar lately? A Kansas insect expert says you might want to leave it alone as it could be packing a painful surprise. 27 News spoke with Kansas State ...

A newly discovered 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, the AP reports. It ...

In a quiet summer garden, a caterpillar perches on a branch, munching serenely on leaves. A moment later it freezes. It ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have found a new caterpillar species with unique and bizarre behaviors—it lives in spider webs and decorates its portable home with the body parts of ...

Most caterpillars spend their days chewing leaves and preparing for the long transformation into butterflies or moths. That peaceful image falls apart when you meet the creature scientists now call ...

Existing only within six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say it may be one of the strangest and most threatened species ever found Rubinoff lab, Entomology Section, University of ...