According to the YouTube channel 'Give it a Grow', the "hairs" of the worm feel somewhat spikey and can cause some skin irritation. It's important to note that you'll want to proceed with caution when spotting a woolly worm in the Treasure Valley. They're common to the United States, northern Mexico, and the southern third of Canada, and are easily recognized by their short, stiff bristles of reddish-brown and black fur. Now, we already know that the Farmer's Almanac already predicted a harsh winter for Idaho this year, but does the woolly worm confirm this? Apparently, some scientists say that the woolly worm's winter forecast could actually have some truth to it while others dispute that the color difference could simply be a result of age (they can grow to be up to 14 years old!). Called 'woolly bears' in the Midwest and Northeast, and 'woolly worms' in the Southern U.S., Woolly Bear caterpillars are the larvae of Isabella tiger moths. What's interesting is a member of the Facebook group posted a photo of a woolly worm in Kathryn Albertson Park that was predominantly black with just two "rings" brown in color. She would say, See? with a wicked, beautiful smile on her face.The wider the rusty brown sections (or the more brown segments there are), the milder the coming winter will be. The more black there is, the more severe the winter. She loved it when her predictions were right and the weather persons were wrong. They were passed down to help us know how to prepare for the night, day, or season.
She would say that her ways were the ways of the Indians. She taught me how to feel and smell the rain coming and to look at the colors of sunsets to know if we needed to close our windows at night.
taught me how to look at nature to indicate what kind of weather was coming. Both she and the Woolly Worm have a pretty accurate track record for being right about the winter weather. But, with no disrespect, I think I'll stick with my grandmas' Woolly Worm weather prediction method. Ok, Farmer's Almanac, I get it, there are different types of Woolly Worms that we are lumping together as far as weather prediction. We’ll leave the weather-prognosticating “skills” to your own observation!"
"Note that white, yellow, or other colors of fuzzy caterpillars are NOT the same type of woolly worm and are not used for weather forecasting. The Farmer's Almanac Knows - It Always KnowsĪccording to the Farmers Almanac website, folklore says that thin brown bands on the woolly worms mean a harsh winter is coming, wider brown-banded woolly worms mean a mild winter, nearly black woolly worms means a severe winter is coming, and finally, the very light brown or white woolly worms mean a snowy winter according to the folklore. The Woolly worms you see with that are plack and rust striped means a miler winter. Well, according to my grandma, the solid color Woolly worms, whether all black, blonde, or even white, means a harsh and severe winter.
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