Look at the Wooly Worm I found! Long winter or short?

Mother Nature

[lawgirl]

Yesterday I was cleaning my house, and I went to pick up what I thought was a piece of cardboard box. It was a wooly worm!! (An inch-long caterpillar that looks and feels like a thick pipe cleaner and appears in the autumn.) After screaming, dropping him and probably scaring him half to death, I called my husband to come and pick him up (hehe). Anyway, we both noticed what huge brown stripe he had on his back. Growing up in Iowa, I remember there was an old Indian's tale about being able to predict what the winter was going to be like by how thick the brown stripe was on the back of the wooly worm, but I can't remember how it goes. Does a thick stripe mean a long winter or a mild one??? I would love it if someone could "read the wooly worm" and tell me which way it is! Anyway, here is a photo of him- isn't he cute?

[Dallas]

Hmmmm...I guess I'm truly vexed.

Our house is being totally over-run with woolyworms, and scorpions.

I've never seen anything like this before.

[Jolly Green]

I thought this was a wooly worm:

No, that's a shaggy WORM!

[BigWaveBetty]

Fred is ascared of the wooly worm!

Your kitty is a real cutie!

[BigWaveBetty]

Behave yourself! ;-)

[JudyB1938]

"Sleeping In The Moonlight Can Cause Insanity"

Oh, thank you for that. I FINALLY know what's wrong with me and what caused it.

[Wake up and smell the cheese]

Do you like cheese?

Cheese?! Did somebody say, "CHEESE"????? rofl

[lawgirl]

ACK! Fred!! Fred wants to eat Ted!

[error99]

Why, madam, I'm certain that you must have taken what I said the wrong way...
(wink)

[error99]

That critter in post 43 looks like it's about to
take a big bite out of whatever gets close enough.

[Wake up and smell the cheese]

Now I was wondering.... In that picture of your cat... if you were to zoom out... would we see Hillary Clinton reaching to pet the cat? rofl

[wlj1]

The picture of Al Gore with beard. That is not a Wooly Worm, but A WOOLY BULLY!!

[Commonsense]

You been scaring Fred with Hillary's picture again? STOP THAT! You're gonna make him foolish.

[TexanMom]

We live in South Texas... and scorpions have to be the CREEPIEST insect/bug out here. YUCK... my husband and I both were stung by one in our bed...

And our carpet is the exact same color as the little varmints... I CANNOT stand them!! The dogs seem perplexed by them, tho' not scared...

[LJLucido]

Cheese?! Did somebody say, "CHEESE"????? rofl

All right, would someone put up this newbie disrupter's "member since" info please?

[thathamiltonwoman]

Wow. I've never seen a wooly worm that fat and furry before. My husband and I saw one up in Shenandoah National Park who looked pretty plump and joked that a hard winter was coming but he/she wasn't nearly as big as yours.

[Wake up and smell the cheese]

You been scaring Fred with Hillary's picture again?

Rofl! We think alike! See reply #50

[Texaggie79]

you new to FR or a just a new ver of a former FReeper?

[BigWaveBetty]

No, not mine (thank goodness!) he's kind of our mascot at the guild. Props to CheneyChick! But you're right, either hilly's reaching out to pet him or something equally disturbing! Read the story, it's a hoot!

[Wake up and smell the cheese]

Now! Now! I'm not a newbie! lmao... I just like these "cheese" threads... so I changed my screen name. I'm an oldie. He,he,he!

[Wake up and smell the cheese]

you new to FR or a just a new ver of a former FReeper?

See reply #59