A wooly bear caterpillar is black at both ends of its body and has one reddish brown stripe in the middle. A wooly bear caterpillar turns into an Isia Isabella Moth like the one above. The wooly bear caterpillar, which turns into the tiger ...
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In the the article, “Woolly Bear Caterpillars: Weather Predictors?” in the 1999 Old Farmer's Almanac, the real tradition is that more and wider rusty orange segments on the woolly bear caterpillar predict a winter that will be less severe than usual.
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insects.suite101.com/article.cfm/winter_weather_forecas...
insects.suite101.com/article.cfm/winter_weather_forecast
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Folklore says: The longer the black ends on a Woolly Bear caterpillar, the longer and more severe the winter will be. ... Interesting info on the Woolly Bear's weather prediction abilities - or lack of abilities! ... This is a great picture of the woolly bear. Great details. I had heard that they can predict the length of winter.
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elmostreport.blogspot.com/2009/11/woolly-bear-caterpill...
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Pyrrharctia isabella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The common moth Pyrrharctia isabella is known by different common names at its two main life stages. The adult is the Isabella tiger moth and the larva is called the banded woolly bear . The...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella
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The woolly bear caterpillar has 13 brown and black segments. Each segment is used to predict the weather for a week of winter. The lighter a segment is, the milder the weather will be. The darker a segment is, the colder and snowier the weather will be.
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www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/story/6233409/
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People believe if the wooly bear's brown stripe is thick, the winter weather will be mild. If it is narrow the winter will be severe. Some experiments have shown the color bands may tell where the caterpillar grew up. ... In past year farmers thought the wooly bear can predict weather. Many people still think the wooly bear...
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www.enter.net/~wxdata/wooly.htm
www.enter.net/~wxdata/wooly.htm
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The Woolly Bear caterpillar can actually predict the weather. Information on the Woolly Bear and Moths can be found here. ... This prediction is for the winter months of 2008 -2009. It was rare to find a Woolly Bear this year. ... The Wooly Bear can only predict the weather for the environment that he lives in. So that makes it...
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www.denrose.com/woolleybear.html
www.denrose.com/woolleybear.html
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The woolly bear’s stripes don’t predict cold weather, but we know what ... With luck, the woolly bear survives its cross-country journey, finds a snug place for the winter, re-emerges in spring,
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www.denrose.com/article.html
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A library search led me to just one study, on the woolly bear caterpillar. The woolly bear is a fuzzy larva of the tiger moth found in the Midwest and Northeast. According to legend, a person can tell what kind of winter is ahead by observing the woolly bear's coat.
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www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF13/1303.html
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