An Almanac Minute: Woolly Worm

We spotted 3 Woolly Bears today and all have a black head, brown body then a black tail. We live in Southwest Michigan.

Our woolies here in CT are tipped with black on the top and bottom and mostly brown in the middle. One mild year I remember the woolies were all brown and another year they were mostly black, we had a hard, cold winter. I believe they predict very well what the weather will be for the winter. I also predict spring frost by the tree frogs (peepers). When I hear the peepers it always means we will get three more frosts and that is usually true.

I've heard; If a Bee Nest is very high up in a tree, we will have a bad winter. So far I have seen 4.

North West Virginia, I've seen many wooley worms this fall season and they very from all black to wide varied bands of brown, orange coloring. I guess the winter weather will be mild, cold, light snow, freezing and somewhat warm.

Here in Missouri, I have seen very few wooly's. The ones that I have seen were dead. Does anyone know what that means

Since coming to the mountains of Western NC, I've noticed that a mild winter usually means a mild summer, while a harsh winter means a hot summer. I don't think there is rhyme or reason to predicting winter that way, but winter sure seems to predict summer.

I have not seen any this year either in MCcreary co ky but if the weather we are having right now is what to look forward to we will have a cold wet winter hopefully alot of snow. and the almanac sure hit it for this week cold,&snow and giving alot more coming i love it

I'm a photographer and on my many outdoor adventures I have seen quite a few of these wooly little friends and they are all telling me here in NE Pennsylvania, that we are going to have another mild winter by sporting mostly brown fuzz. I was raised that the more brown the milder the winter... brown is a good color LOL. I know before I upset someone, the cold kills off bugs and insects. (brown,brown,brown,)

Looks like a tough winter ahead