The Hawaiian caterpillar adorns itself in dead bug parts—and its gruesome habits might be key to its survival in spider webs.

We all need a way to get along in this wild, wicked world, and a rare insect found only on a mountainside on O'ahu has found ...

The carnivorous "bone collector" caterpillar is the only known species of its kind, researchers say, and its ancient lineage ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this newly described caterpillar is one of the rarest known members of the insect world, ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

E xtraordinary behavior has been reported in a species of Hyposmocoma caterpillars. Although the species is yet to be given a ...

The Museum’s digitisation team has undertaken a year-long project to digitise the giant butterfly-moths, also known as the Castniidae collection. Digitiser Glory Turnbull shares more.

A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to biologists, stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of ...

Butterflies are one of God's prettiest creatures he created. Like tiny stain-glass windows fluttering around, they share a similar growth cycle to that of a Christian. All of us in one time or another ...