Comments on: Wooly worm sighting!!!!!

By: snowlover

snowlover — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:17:03 +0000

Thanks Tfire11, it makes sense now that you’ve said it. Gotta find me some wooly worms trying to hitch a ride on 95 south .

By: tfire11

tfire11 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:41:26 +0000

I was told if they are heading south a bad winter and north a mild winter.

By: whiteout

whiteout — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:20:36 +0000

@ stuffradio
is it more black or brown? more brown = mild

By: snowlover

snowlover — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:22:29 +0000

What does that mean tfire11?

By: tfire11

tfire11 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:36:47 +0000

I live in east central Il and watched two big black wooly worms heading south across east and west road

By: snowlover

snowlover — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:06:06 +0000

@ jwehunt what does the head pointing south mean? Just curious! I’m in Virginia (Rich) hoping for a snowy winter as well. Yes please keep us informed about the persimmons. I am trying to find some. Not sure what one looks like .

By: jwehunt

jwehunt — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:54:49 +0000

I live in Tennessee. I was sitting on my porch enjoying the morning with my husband. I looked down beside my chair and there was a wholly black caterpillar. I showed it to my husband and told him about what my grandma used to say about the weather. We looked at it and it was all black no orange of any kind. It had extremely thick black hair and its head was pointing south. I think we are in for a rough ride this winter. I will let you know about the persimmon in this area soon.

By: Jessica D.

Jessica D. — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:44:50 +0000

Glad ther are some signs of a snowy winter this year! The last couple ones that we’ve had (i live in winchester virginia) have not been that good to us for snow. Our first snow was just a few days before Halloween last year! Lol!

By: dotskal

dotskal — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:39:06 +0000

I live near Pittsburgh – wooly was pure black /and large – not a snow lover

By: stuffradio

stuffradio — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:25:45 +0000

Don’t know how accurate that folk lore is. I’ve seen several Wooly Worms this Summer, and I’m supposed to be torching on the West Coast of BC. It had black and brown on it.

By: Ennaedwyn

Ennaedwyn — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:50:04 +0000

Maybe it wasn’t a wooly worm…come to think of it, I did see an actual one but that was YEARS ago (like after we moved here) so, it may have not been A wooly worm…just a wooly like worm. Oh well.

By: amy n

amy n — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:36:32 +0000

I don’t know what the white means, I always thought they were orange/brown/ black. But I looked on the FA blog last night and they discuss wooly worms (I just can’t remember what they said!), so if you check that out maybe it can answer that question for you.

By: Ennaedwyn

Ennaedwyn — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:23:02 +0000

OK, saw (possibly the same) another wolly worm…equal parts black and white.

What does the white mean?

By: Ennaedwyn

Ennaedwyn — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:08:45 +0000

Saw one today on my walk in the park. I’m HOPING I will be able to share the pic, but basically it was equal parts black and white. Started black and ended black. That is the wooly warm forecast for the bi-state area for MO/IL – so far. Hoping to find some more.

By: pearlss

pearlss — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:36:52 +0000

Could mean lots of soft fluffy snow that melts quickly.