A new species of Hawaiian caterpillar has been crawling through the headlines. More than 400 species of hyposmocoma caterpillars are found only in Hawaiʻi.
They’re known as the fancy case caterpillars because they carry around a silk case with them like a hermit crab — some species spin a case shaped like cones, candy wrappers, or even burritos.
But a group led by a University of Hawaiʻi entomologist has discovered a carnivore caterpillar with a case that’s new to science. They’ve nicknamed it “the bone collector.”…