The idea of animals wearing the victim’s bones as a scarf is a bit awful, even for the most cruel carnivores in the animal government. It sounds like only a great warrior or warlord that will be done as a symbol of their victory, or to scare their enemies and children.
Again, if a grizzly bear, a mountain lion, or shark has its food on his body, no one will blink twice. What if, instead of a giant animal with claws and sharp teeth, it can fit in your hands?
Despite its small size, insects are surprisingly versatile in their life skills and adaptation; For example, a Caterpillar Bagworm can see sticks and branches to make a small cabin log for himself, and Certain bee species disguised as ants like panda to deceive and attack the victim. Now, this new scientist is finding a new insect in Hawaii, the one wear the diet.
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Scientists have found a “bone collector” bug in the US
Researchers at the University of Hawaii made unexpected discoveries in the world of entomology. On Biodiverse-rich O’ahu Island, they found a caterpillar covered by odd materials that resemble statues made of scrap or plastic metal. The ingredients? According to them researchThey are other parts of the body of other insects, most likely die or nearly die.
Most caterpillars are herbivores, which means they only take plants for their diet; However, this Hawaii fraudster at Hyposmocoma Family is one of the very little carnivorous exemptions in the genus Lepidoptera, making it a “unicorn” discovery among entomologists.
Researchers also found that the origin of this species is over five million years old-older than Hawaii islands now!
Defer National GeographicThese worms will turn into beautiful rames with white edges on their wings. The scientific name has not been specified for the species.
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This carnivorous worms use the victim to survive
How does the small fraudster survive an island full of giant threats? Bone collector snakes are one of Hawaii’s known worms to use and benefit from living with spiders, predators that can rotate into eating if detected.
In the case of Caterpillar Collector Bone, a slow-moving fraudster who could not defeat his landlord, his external insects acted as a disguise to the spiders on the web they took home, and could also be a way to scare other worms.
The main -these are taking a home at or near the spider web and the victims of the insects trapped in it. They use their silk to attach the pieces to one centimeter, an invisible body. They also do not only take anything left from their food and attach it without thinking; Each worm will choose their bone clothing based on their shape and size, or bite a piece down with a suitable small jaw.
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This bone worm is very endangered
If there are relatives to these worms with the same evolutionary history and carnivorous features, they may die. Caterpillar bone collector was found on just one Hawaii -O’ahu Island – reported within six square miles of forests in the Waianae Mountain ecosystem.
According to Daniel Rubinoff, author of the University of Hawaii entomology and director, he and his team have only found 62 bone collectors on the island for two decades, making it a threatened species. Another research Highlight the weaknesses of the original caterpillar species and the lack of conservation efforts on their behalf, with an estimated 40% decrease in the species of rama and the rama in Hawaii.
Invasive species, such as ants, are a factor that is difficult to control. As Rubinoff’s shared with Reuters“Although in protected areas, Hawaii loses its original species as invasive species take over the habitat and make it a biological desert that looks like a forest but is largely unavailable to the original species.”
Like Hawaii facing continuous environmental challenges, such as “freakosystems” made directly by humansMountain pressure for many native species of the island. Climate change, deforestation, and human disorders are all associated with the decline in natural species, not only in Hawaii, but worldwide.