A dew-covered spider web in autumn. Image courtesy of Pixabay (CC0 ... Some spiders build their webs across potential insect flight paths. High-traffic areas such as near a light or window that's lit ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts scavenged from spider webs ... but covered in insect slivers and ...

Believed to be part of a 5-million-year-old lineage, this caterpillar feeds opportunistically on dead or weakened insects, often those cached by the spider hosts in whose webs it resides.

The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. “So it’s probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed ...