Q : We know that according to folklore, woolly bear caterpillars predict the weather, and it will be a hard winter when the brown band around the middle is narrow compared with the black ends.
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The phrase " a green caterpillar with red stripes " resurfaces in the later story'Woolly Bear', in which Thomas uses it as an insult to Percy and amends were made between Awdry and Dalby.
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Examples of freeze tolerant insects include : the woolly bear, " Pyrrharctia isabella; " the flightless midge, " Belgica antarctica; " and the alpine cockroach, " Celatoblatta quinquemaculata ".
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Folklore of the eastern United States and Canada holds that the relative amounts of brown and black on the skin of a Woolly Bear caterpillar ( commonly abundant in the fall ) are an indication of the severity of the coming winter.
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Two insect parasitoids attack woolly bear moth caterpillars : an ichneumonid wasp ( reported as " Hyposoter pectinatus " but probably " Hyposoter deichmanni " ) and a tachinid fly ( " Exorista thula " ).
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On Ellesmere Island, 500 miles from the North Pole, for example, an Arctic woolly bear caterpillar lies frozen for 10 months of the year, capable of surviving temperatures as low as 126 degrees Fahrenheit below the freezing point of water.
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In most temperate climates, caterpillars become moths within months of hatching, but in the Arctic the summer period for vegetative growth and hence feeding is so short that the Woolly Bear must feed for several summers, freezing again each winter before finally pupating.
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I suppose that if I were a woolly bear caterpillar or a squirrel storing hickory nuts or one of the other creatures said to know in advance the severity of the winter ahead, I would be able to do just the right amount of work to get ready for it.
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The festival is the brainchild of legendary Cleveland TV personality Dick Goddard, longtime weatherman at WJW-TV . In much the same way Punxsutawney Phil is celebrated in the century-old tradition of Groundhog Day in which he predicts the end of winter, the Woolly Bear Caterpillar is similarly celebrated for its mythical association to winter forecasting.
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The Natural History Unit of the BBC filmed arctic woolly bear moths in their natural habitat on Ellesmere Island during June 2009 . The sequence became part of the BBC's sequel to " Planet Earth " called " Frozen Planet ", broadcast on BBC One in autumn 2011 ( with the US broadcast following on Discovery Channel in spring 2012 ).
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