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1. 10-10
   7:30
   am

   Nearly every wooly bear ‘pillar I’ve seen this year has been almost completely brown.

   I hope it holds true, cuz on the flip side, there are no acorns lying around anywhere — and another tale holds that the squirrels stock up more when there’s a bad winter expected. Last year we had acorns everywhere.

   We’ll see who wins, the ‘pillars or the rodents. I’m pulling for the ‘pillars.

   Marianne - Reply
2. 10-10
   7:46
   am

   We don’t have wooly worms… does that mean England won’t get a winter??

   Biddy - Reply
3. 10-10
   7:59
   am

   :fan: I think it has been too warm, but the only wooly bear I’ve seen was completely black!!! I had forgotten exactly how the brown band thing went, so thanks for the info! Here’s to lots of brown on the wooly bears!! LOL! :thumbsup:

   MARY - Reply
4. 10-10
   8:03
   am

   The house is coming along great!

   Wooly worms eh? Hmmm we’ve been having unusually warm weather here.

   Cole

   Nicole Reising - Reply
5. 10-10
   9:31
   am

   I haven’t seen any and I’m not looking! I don’t want to know.

   Alice Audrey - Reply
6. 10-10
   10:24
   am

   I haven’t seen any, either.

   We’ll be in for a long and cold winter, regardless. Even if it turns out to be short and “mild” for this area, it’ll still be too cold and long for me!

   -Kim

   Kim A. - Reply
7. 10-10
   11:02
   am

   :flying: Are you kidding? After 87 and humidity high enough to knock you over on Sat in MN I now have my heat on as it’s 43 and gray with strong NW winds. I’m not venturing out today, much less looking for woolly worms………… :talktothehand:

   Karen B - Reply
8. 10-10
   11:19
   am

   The only wooly worm that I have seen, so far, was mostly black. :eek:

   Susan - Reply
9. 10-10
   2:11
   pm

   Thats good news to my ears. As little rain we’ve gotten this summer, and constantly running out of water because of it, the more snow the better. I don’t have to work anyway, so it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if I couldn’t get out to go somewhere.(As long as the fridge and freezer were full anyway). Hope everyone has a great day and enjoys the nice fall day.

   Leanne

   leanne - Reply
10. 10-10
    2:17
    pm

    The only things I’ve seen in the Pacific Northwest is slugs and snails. No wooly worms so far.

    Estella - Reply
11. 10-10
    2:44
    pm

    I’ll be on the outlook and let you know. Our weather just dropped 25 degrees – autumn has just arrived lol.

    catslady - Reply
12. 10-10
    3:19
    pm

    I can’t even remember the last time I’ve seen a wooly worm!

    Tori Lennox - Reply
13. 10-10
    3:56
    pm

    Well, I’m pulling for a mild winter. To me that’s the best kind.

    kaye - Reply
14. 10-10
    9:12
    pm

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woolly worm. Is that a bad thing, or a good thing?
    WE’ve been un-naturally warm here in SC so far, but we should be normal for this time of year by the weekend. I hope. *g*

    Have a fun day tomorrow! (I’m late commenting today!)

    Brandy - Reply
15. 10-11
    2:51
    pm

    I haven’t seen a single woolly this year. But the squirrels have been gathering the pine cones off the evergreens since August. Maybe that’s not a good thing lol :catmeow:

    Lis - Reply
16. 10-14
    8:21
    am

    Pennsylvania, brown on both ends =amounts
    1/3 brown, 1/3 black, 1/3 brown
    The prediction here: mild beginning, 5 snow days, mild end.

    LizPA - Reply
17. 10-16
    11:45
    am

    http://www.woollyworm.com festival, in Banner Elk, North Carolina . Races too! Oct 20-21, 2007. Check it out!

    Tina T. - Reply
18. 10-18
    9:04
    pm

    We’ve lived in NC for almost 15 years now, and up until last year we’ve watched for the woolies and watched the bands on them. However, last year we could count on both hands how many woolies we saw … and this year we haven’t seen even one woolie. Last winter was very mild and now this summer we’ve been in a severe drought. I’m hoping the woolies haven’t died out in this area from last of moisture!

    Sherri - Reply
19. 11-22
    10:35
    pm

    I have been reading a lot about this new pet that my students found. It is the woolly bear!! :clap: They will be very happy to know that we get to keep “George” until spring. “Georges” prediction for Southern Minnesota: we will be looking at a very cold start to winter with lots of snow the first 4 weeks. Mild with light snow the 5-9 week and the last 5 week they will be bundling up warm for lots of sledding with hopefully some snow days

    Lisa - Reply
20. 7-18
    12:35
    pm

    :catmeow: I live in Navarre Florida, located in the Florida panhandle. I have seen 3 very large black wooly worms in the past 2 weeks. I am originally from north alabama and I have never seen a wooly worm this large. Just curious what they are. Do you know?

    sheila - Reply
21. 7-18
    3:20
    pm

    Hi, Sheila! I don’t know. But they sound really cool!

    Suzanne McMinn - Reply
22. 8-16
    9:02
    pm

    Well I live in the Stark County Area on Ohio and I have seen alot of all black woolly worms but I have seen some with very liltte brown on them. I am worried that it is going to be a hard winter :weather: !

    Hoping Not
    Chris from Stark County, Ohio

    Chris - Reply
23. 9-15
    1:48
    pm

    We are in North Central Iowa and this afternoon we saw our first wooly worm for the season. The first one was long and had a huge brown middle a black head and a smaller black tail. The rest of the woolyies we saw were much shorter with almost all black.

    Tammy - Reply
24. 9-26
    12:51
    am

    I just found the blackest (no brown stripes untill he rolled up and then they were thin and deep under the black) woolly worm I’ve ever seen. From what I read, this means really cold and snowy.

    K
    Missouri Ozarks

    Kay - Reply
25. 10-14
    11:33
    pm

    Ju st saw my first Wolly of this year, and it was a FAT one!! Broad brown band but 1/3 black at both ends. I’ll just look out the window this winter and go with the flow. whatever that turns out to be. What do Wolly Bears turn into anyhow???? I never hearn that part of the story. Bonnie

    bonnie - Reply
26. 10-19
    2:51
    pm

    Today (October 19th, 2008) I found our road littered with wooly bears! Most of which I observed has a very small amount of black on their head, a very wide brown band and very little black or none at all on their tail end. I stopped and viewed at least a dozen with the same markings. I live in Southwest Missouri 33 miles north of Springfield.
    Glad to be apart of the study…hope this helps!

    Ron Crites - Reply
27. 10-26
    5:35
    pm

    Today is October 26th. We found the cutest wooly bear. It is mostly brown with black tips. Ohio’s winter are never really harsh anyways. Well then again that month of february is a doozy. The children want ot keep it. I don’t know how. S. Lee

    S. Lee - Reply
28. 11-27
    12:58
    pm

    I found a solid black wolly worm in my hallway this morning. First I was not sure what it was so got the dustpan to pick it up. While I had it picked up I tossed it outside, it was cold. I felt bad and brought it back in the house until it warmed up a little. I have since learned that the wolly warms can live in ice because of their body makeup.
    I live in NC a couple of friends told me we are going to have a bad winter because it was solid black. We will see.

    Happy Thanksgiving Everyone…Be thankful for what you have and not sorry for what you dont have. Life is good. Be the best you can be!

    Sylvia - Reply
29. 11-2
    8:04
    pm

    I’m from southwestern PA, USA. Within the past week, I saw TWO wolley worms…..one totally black, and one with 3 equal sections…black, brown, black. What do I do now???? Does this mean something particular? I think I’ll know for sure, about May of 2010………….ya think? I tend to believe in the wooley worm forcast, but WHICH one do I believe???

    KT - Reply

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