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Wooly worm

Description:

2 inches long

Habitat:

spotted on a path in a park

Notes:

We were told there's a Wooly Worm Festival in Boone each year.

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5 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

A lot of roads out there lately, aren't there? It is a paved path in a huge park.

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 12 years ago

That's not a road he is trying to cross is it? I seem to find more insects crossing the road lately.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I've read about that also. I suppose this one is predicting "some good days, some bad days".

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 12 years ago

Some interesting folklore about these lil wooly-worms:
There is a lot of folklore surrounding the banded wooly worm, particularly related to its supposed power to predict upcoming winter weather each fall. The typical banded wooly worm has sections of black hairs at each end, and a section of orange-brown hairs in the center. Legend says that the more black on a banded wooly worm, the more severe the winter will be. Some folks have taken this to an extreme, and noting that there are thirteen segments in a typical banded wooly worm, they argue that each segment represents one week of winter. Orange segments predict mild weeks, and black ones foretell bad winter weather.
:)

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Boone, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Oct 23, 2010
Submitted on May 23, 2011

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