[Foundahardheadedwoman]

‘Is that a ‘sign’, like the stripes on wooly bears?’

Stripes on a wooly worm. Same idea with a long history of accuracy, meaning I made it up this afternoon. Look out for a cold one.

[Jamestown1630]

Here in Maryland we call them Woolly Bears. The Hagerstown Almanack used to run a contest:

http://www.almanack.com/woolly-bear-contest

I found an interesting article, though; ecologists have a theory called ‘predator satiation’:

http://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/woods-whys-acorns-weather