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The Woolly Worm Festival is an event held each October since 1978 in Banner Elk and Avery County, North Carolina. [1] The festival celebrates the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm, also called "woolly bear" which is a caterpillar or larvae of the isabella tiger moth .
Former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, and his wife Elizabeth, at the Woollybear Festival parade in 2008. The festival is the brainchild of the late Dick Goddard, the former long-time weatherman at Cleveland's WJW-TV. [4] The Woolly Bear Caterpillar is similarly celebrated for its mythical association to winter forecasting. [2]
The original Wooly Willy was manufactured by the Smethport Specialty Company in 1955. Wooly Willy is a toy in which metal filings are moved about with a magnetic wand to add features to a cartoon face. [1] The toy was originally manufactured in Smethport, Pennsylvania and was launched on the toy market in 1955. It remains in production as of ...
Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and southern Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first formally named by James Edward Smith in 1797.
[117] [118] In December 2022, Mark Rothbaum announced the release of a five-part documentary entitled Willie Nelson and Family released at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. [117] In 2023, Nelson performed at two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl celebrating his 90th birthday [119] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [120]
Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name Arctiinae refers to this hairiness (Gk. αρκτος = a bear). Some species within the Arctiinae have the word "tussock"' in their common names because they have been misidentified as members of the Lymantriinae subfamily based ...
In 2008, Patch Products acquired Smethport Specialty Co., the maker of Lauri Toys and specialty products, adding educational items to Patch's lineup, including Tall-Stackers pegging and crepe rubber puzzles, along with the Wooly Willy magnetic personality. [6]
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