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This is the Wooly Bear Caterpillar i'm raising. The caterpillar falls under " bristled" species, of which there are several different colors: all black, all brown, yellow and gray. The woolly bear, also known as the woolly worm and the black-ended bear, is the larva of the Isabella Tiger Moth. The several colored varieties of Wooly Bears correspond to different moth species.

Mine here will become a Giant Leopard Moth . The moth stage of this species is very beautiful. The wings of the moth are solid white, with irregularly shaped black circles all over them giving it the leopard-like appearance. The abdomen is mettalic blue with bright orange markings.

But back to the caterpillar - like the groundhog's shadow, the traditional woolly bear's 13 distinctive black and reddish-brown bands have become a rule of thumb in forecasting winter. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the longer the middle brown band, the milder and shorter the coming winter; the shorter the brown band, the longer and more severe winter will be.

Because this Wooly Bear is ENTIRELY coated with long black hairs, known as setae, it should indicate a particularly mean winter, but it's all folklore ... And the cherry red bands here only indicate growth and feeding.

When feeling threatened, the caterpillar will curl up in a ball revealing bright red markings between its many segments. A good field guide marker for indentification, and also - it makes it hard to tell the head from the bottom end.

Description
This is the Wooly Bear Caterpillar i'm raising. The caterpillar falls under " bristled" species, of which there are several different colors: all black, all brown, yellow and gray. The woolly bear, also known as the woolly worm and the black-ended bear, is the larva of the Isabella Tiger Moth. The several colored varieties of Wooly Bears correspond to different moth species.

Mine here will become a Giant Leopard Moth . The moth stage of this species is very beautiful. The wings of the moth are solid white, with irregularly shaped black circles all over them giving it the leopard-like appearance. The abdomen is mettalic blue with bright orange markings.

But back to the caterpillar - like the groundhog's shadow, the traditional woolly bear's 13 distinctive black and reddish-brown bands have become a rule of thumb in forecasting winter. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the longer the middle brown band, the milder and shorter the coming winter; the shorter the brown band, the longer and more severe winter will be.

Because this Wooly Bear is ENTIRELY coated with long black hairs, known as setae, it should indicate a particularly mean winter, but it's all folklore ... And the cherry red bands here only indicate growth and feeding.

When feeling threatened, the caterpillar will curl up in a ball revealing bright red markings between its many segments. A good field guide marker for indentification, and also - it makes it hard to tell the head from the bottom end.