“We see this little, tiny sac covered in bug bits ... It is about the length of a fingernail and feeds on insects trapped in spider webs. “Only 0.13 per cent of all caterpillars on the ...

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 ...

These body parts ripped from devoured insects festoon a newfound ... spied an odd caterpillar next to a spider web in a tree hole. “It [was] covered in little bits of bug,” says Rubinoff ...

These spiders are active hunters that prey on insects and other small creatures, primarily live in caves covered by webbing, and are more active during summer. The Sydney funnel-web spider is one of ...

In the mornings, the air shimmered with dew-covered spider webs, silver and gold threads woven between every branch. There was a rhythm to the days, a quiet magic to the evenings, and after each ...

Discover how orb-weaver spiders spin circular, silk webs that populate gardens and yards with grace and precision.

The Wild Ones Rock River Valley Chapter invited Kevin Wiener to give a presentation on insects at the Cherry Valley Public Library. Wiener is an arthropod ambassador and the founder of Facebook group ...

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 ...

Spiders are known to learn about predators, prey, potential mates, and their overall environment from vibrations carried by their webs. Funnel-weaving spiders in particular connect their webs to ...

A rare Hyposmocoma caterpillar, nicknamed the "bone collector," discovered in Oʻahu, Hawaii, uses dead insect parts to disguise itself on spider webs The newly identified species is carnivorous ...

A couple kept two children in a dirty flat strewn with animal waste and insects on bedding. Christopher Beevers, 33, and Morgan Neil, 26, cared for the six and three-year-old boys at their ...