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Friday, October 9, 2009

Harbingers of winter

My daughter and I found this woolly bear caterpillar while collecting crabapples the other day:


I can never keep straight what the stripe means. The width of the stripe is supposed to predict how hard the winter will be, but I can't remember if a thick stripe means a harsh winter or a mild winter. And the thing is, I often see thick and thin striped caterpillars trying to predict the same forthcoming winter. I guess they're confused too.

And I saw this on the lolcats website:


I thought it was funny =^.".^=

2 comments:

  1. Caterpillars can really make you itch. I have not seen one in a long while. I still see some butterflies, rarely though.

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  2. Hi Ocean Girl!

    Luckily the woolly bears don't make you itch, because my daughter picked it up. But I don't ever touch strange looking caterpillars for just that reason.

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