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A winner is chosen after many heats, and for its prowess, it gets to make the official winter weather forecast based on the color blocking of its 13 brown and black segments, correlating each ...
The winning woollybear predicts the winter weather for the following winter. [ 13 ] Beattyville, Kentucky , begun 1988, called the Woolly Worm Festival, features food, vendors, live music, and a Woolly Worm Race in which people race the woollybear caterpillar up vertical strings.
Three longtime TV meteorologists share their favorite folklore predictors, but lean on science when forecasting winter weather in Indiana. Winter forecasts: Woolly worms, leaves, persimmon seeds ...
Its time for our annual winter weather Folklore Forecast, where we look to things like persimmon seeds and hedge apples to predict the winter ahead. Woolly worms and hedge apples: What nature says ...
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 ...
The first official day of winter may not be until Dec. 21, but like squirrels busy burying their nuts, we like to be prepared. Woolly worms and hedge apples: What is nature telling us about the ...
After a mild winter last year with only received 12 inches of snow in Boston, Accu Weather's long-range meteorologists predict that this year the area could get as much as 44 inches.
The publication notes that predicting the weather is not an exact science, but, in general, most of the U.S. is experiencing a warmer, wetter winter, and only a few spots can expect snow.