Want to know how bad this winter might be? You could look at the latest forecast. Or you could turn to the woolly bear caterpillar. Here's what to know.

Keep an eye out for woolly bear caterpillars the next few weeks. They could predict this winter's weather. See what Bill Reid's says about Conn.

Can the black hairs of this woolly bear caterpillar really tell us how mild or severe winter will be? Although that folklore has been passed down for centuries, experts say it's unlikely.

And the woolly bear's forecasting ability is said to go further than that. If the black band of the caterpillar is wider by the head, the beginning of winter will be severe, according to Buckeye ...

If the head end of the caterpillar is dark, the beginning of winter will be severe. If the tail end is dark, the end of winter will be cold.” But according to the National Weather Service, there is ...

The woolly bear caterpillar, one of autumn’s most recognizable crawling critters, might not be the tiny winter weather forecaster that folklore would have us believe. But that doesn’t mean ...

The popularity of the woolly bear caterpillar continues, with the annual “Wooly Worm Festival,” held every October in Banner Elk, North Carolina since 1978.According to organizers, the 13 ...

I came across this critter (above) on the walking path at the Alpine Athletic Center back in Oct. 2021. This is a woolly bear caterpillar. It has black-colored ends and a band of brown color in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Over the weekend Storm Team 2 Meteorologist Elyse Smith spotted a Woolly Bear Caterpillar while walking along Spruce Lake at Holiday Valley, and here's what its prediction is for ...

Brown suggested using a pesticide for green thumbs hoping to keep their gardens free from the woolly bear caterpillars. She mentioned one treatment in particular targets caterpillars — BT Kurstaki.

Woolly bears (or woolly worms in the South) have a reputation for forecasting the coming winter weather, according to the Farmer's Almanac. The caterpillar has 13 segments, and is often brown in ...

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