{"id":20745,"date":"2025-04-24T20:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bone-collector-caterpillars-dont-play-with-their-food-they-wear-it\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:04:37","slug":"bone-collector-caterpillars-dont-play-with-their-food-they-wear-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bone-collector-caterpillars-dont-play-with-their-food-they-wear-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bone Collector\u2019 Caterpillars Don\u2019t Play With Their Food. They Wear It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hawaii is a beautiful tropical paradise and also home to formidable creepy crawly predators. There are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/27373241_Predation_Through_Impalement_of_Prey_The_Foraging_Behavior_of_Doryonychus_Raptor_Araneae_Tetragnathidae\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">spiders that impale prey in midair<\/a> and venomous centipedes that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiitribune-herald.com\/2018\/01\/28\/hawaii-news\/a-colossal-creepy-crawly-catch-man-finds-14-5-inch-long-centipede\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">can stretch nearly 15 inches long<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And then there are the carnivorous caterpillars, an evolutionary rarity. And now scientists have discovered one very hungry caterpillar that doesn\u2019t just eat other insects \u2014 it decorates itself in the macabre mishmash of the body parts of its meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nicknamed the bone collector, this caterpillar and its grisly taste in couture are described Thursday in the journal <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ads4243\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Science<\/a>. \u201cThis behavior was utterly unknown,\u201d said Daniel Rubinoff, an entomologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and an author of the study. His team initially compared the caterpillars to crawling crime scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bone collector caterpillar is found only within a six-square-mile swath of a single mountain range on the island of Oahu. There it resides exclusively on cobwebs spun by spiders in logs and rock cavities. As the caterpillars skulk about the webs, they scavenge dead and dying insects and other arthropods ensnared in the sticky silk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to David Wagner, an entomologist at the University of Connecticut who was not involved with the new study, the caterpillar\u2019s reliance on spiders presents one of nature\u2019s most improbable connections. \u201cIt is remarkable that a caterpillar would tie its fate to a spider \u2014 a clear and present danger for both caterpillar and moth alike,\u201d Dr. Wagner said. He\u2019s aware of only one other moth species that frequents spider webs. But that species is a vegetarian that snacks on plant material caught in the web.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Rubinoff first encountered the bone collector caterpillar in 2008 when he examined a web inside a tree hollow. The caterpillars are incredibly rare. More than 150 field surveys in the area have yielded only 62 bone collector specimens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The scientists determined that the bone collector belongs to Hyposmocoma, a diverse genus of small moth species only found in Hawaii. During their larval stage, Hyposmocoma caterpillars spin protective cases of silk that resemble everything from candy wrappers to cigars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths. Some species decorate their mobile homes with bits of wood, algae and shells to blend into their environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bone collector caterpillar puts a macabre spin on the practice. Using silk, the caterpillar weaves bits of the dead insects it encounters on the spider\u2019s web. The researchers have identified parts from six families of insects attached to the caterpillars, including weevil heads and beetle abdomens. The caterpillar even incorporates pieces of exoskeleton molted by their arachnid neighbors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Rubinoff and his colleagues brought several bone collectors back to their lab. They were surprised by how picky the caterpillars were when it came to adorning their cases. \u201cThese caterpillars are able to discern differences in objects in their environment,\u201d Dr. Rubinoff said. The larval moths eschewed other available detritus, choosing to harvest exclusively from insect corpses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But not any remains will do. The caterpillar uses its mandibles to carefully rotate and probe prospective body parts. Those that are too big are chewed down to a more comfortable size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bone collecting caterpillars are less picky about their diet. The team found the captive caterpillars would eat any insect prey they could catch \u2014 including one another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However, they do have to contend with their eight-legged landlords. The team observed bone collector caterpillars frequenting the webs of at least four introduced spider species. The team posits that the caterpillar\u2019s ghastly garb helps disguise them among the insects trapped in the web. Dr. Wagner suspects the caterpillars also undermine their culinary appeal by disguising themselves as \u201ctrash heaps\u201d of objects the spiders didn\u2019t scarf down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bone collector\u2019s approach appears to work \u2014 the researchers never observed a spider consuming a bone collector or entangling one in silk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The team studied the bone collector\u2019s genetics and determined that it had most likely diverged from other carnivorous Hyposmocoma caterpillars more than five million years ago. This was millions of years before Oahu emerged from beneath the ocean, making it likely that the bone collector\u2019s ancestors once lived on other islands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bone collector\u2019s current slice of paradise may be at risk. While the caterpillar has adapted to thrive on webs spun by nonnative spider species, its habitat is threatened by invasive ants and parasitic wasps. According to Dr. Rubinoff, conservation attention is desperately needed to save Hawaii\u2019s endemic arthropods, including its body-snatching caterpillars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/24\/science\/caterpillar-bone-collector.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii is a beautiful tropical paradise and also home to formidable creepy crawly predators. 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