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The banded #woolly #bear #caterpillar is only about 1.5 to 2 inches long, but it carries a lot of weight on its small form. Since colonial times, folk wisdom has claimed that even before the caterpillar can metamorphose into a #tiger #moth, it has the power to predict winter weather. That is a big responsibility. The gentle caterpillars are also loved by kids and make great teaching tools to explain insect hibernation, #insect life cycles, and regional #folklore. #fall #autumn #winter Wooly Bear Caterpillar Winter, Folklore Fall, Wooly Caterpillar, Wooly Bear Caterpillar, Woolly Bear, Off Grid Survival, Tiger Moth, Grey House, Colonial Times

The banded #woolly #bear #caterpillar is only about 1.5 to 2 inches long, but it carries a lot of weight on its small form. Since colonial times, folk wisdom has claimed that even before the caterpillar can metamorphose into a #tiger #moth, it has the power to predict winter weather. That is a big responsibility. The gentle caterpillars are also loved by kids and make great teaching tools to explain insect hibernation, #insect life cycles, and regional #folklore. #fall #autumn #winter

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I grew up hearing folks tell me about forecasting the winter weather by looking at the Woolly Bear Caterpillar. If you know what a Woolly Bear caterpillar looks like you can thank Dr. Howard Curran, his study of them made them famous. The Woolly Bear Caterpillar is really the larva of the Tiger moth. They

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