The findings about the rare bone collector caterpillar, a newly discovered species native to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, were published Thursday in the journal Science. The bone collector caterpillar resides exclusively on cobwebs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices,

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 way that they have nicknamed it the "bone collector.