yes
According to the Farmer's Almanac, if a caterpillar is wooly and all white with a black stripe down the middle, it could be a bad winter. A plain white wooly caterpillar means a very bad winter.
People look for the intensity of the black color on the banded caterpillars, that are black and brown, or they compare the ratio of the black to brown coloration on the bodies of the caterpillars. If there is more brown than black, they predict it will be a milder winter, and, if there is more black than brown, there will be a very harsh winter.
Butterflies don't lay eggs then.
Butterflies and caterpillars do not spend winter months in active stages because their food sources too low to survive the winter.
no
long winter if the middle is wide
It is considered a legend if you see a lot of caterpillars in the fall that have a wide middle section then the winter will be mild. If you do not see a lot of them and they do not have a wide middle section then it is supposed to be a harsh winter.
The ISBN of The Center of Winter is 0060929685.
The Center of Winter was created in 2005.
The Center of Winter has 352 pages.
No, that's just a nice superstition.
A wooly bear Caterpillar turns into a tiger moth, usually found on the road or in the grass around winter. The bigger the orange strip the closer winter is. Woolly bear caterpillars are found in north America and Mexico but not Canada, it's to cold there.