Wednesday, October 31, 2012

wooley bear caterpillars predict a mild winter

My dad and I have been watching for wooly bear caterpillars this fall. We've seen several and they've been nearly all orange, with only small tips of black at the ends. The addage is that the smaller the orange stripe, the worse the winter will be. Sure looks like it will be a very mild winter.

3 comments:

blueberry1946 said...

I love your prediction! We could get used to this!
Pat
Princeton, MA

Flax Hill Gardener said...

The only wooley caterpillar I found this fall was all black!

kathy said...

Oh no. That doesn't sound good.