Folklore assures us that studying the bands on wooly bear caterpillars in the fall will tell you how band winter will be that year. An exact formula for how the black and brown content, or perhaps the width of the strips, actually should be read is elusive. I've always thought the more black the worse the upcoming weather, but who knows.
Maybe not even the bears.
The first week of October I rescued three of them from a road they were trying to hike across. They curl up into a ball when disturbed.
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Near as I can tell these three all have different patterns. Huh. And when they felt safe again the took off in three different directions. Somehow I doubt their stubby, if admittedly numerous, legs will carry them far enough apart that weather conditions will vary at their respective locations.
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