Carnivorous Caterpillar Disguises Itself With Dead Insect Body Parts
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Caterpillars are usually seen as harmless, plant-munching larvae. But a newly identified species discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu challenges that reputation. Measuring just 5 mm long, the "bone collector" caterpillar feeds on dead insects found in spider webs. It then repurposes the remains, wearing body parts like beetle shells and weevil heads as camouflage.
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- pyboratecado5일It look like a caterpillar zombie:p
- brooklynslays12일Those are the scariest things I’ve ever seen!
- sungjinwoo17일That’s super cool! I wish it could be a pet tho
- biscuit8약 1달Sooooooooooooo like the grim reaper. But actually kind of cute too.
- dudesssss약 1달bruh a catapiller in disguise bro if they were like 100x bigger that would be very scary and creepy cause think about how big the thing would be after it's cocoon stage
- vivakybicyzi약 1달Weird, disgusting, and kinda Cool that there is insects in camo by using insects
- sophia0313약 1달this kind is so cool I wish l can see one a real one
- miniduckboi2약 1달... that was disturbing but also... GRIM REAPER CATERPILLAR
- brooklynslays12일Truly!
- colten1약 2달cool!
- cyhojuhicyde약 2달wow!