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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.
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∙ 15y agoThe darker the Willyworm the more snow there is going to be in the winter.
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∙ 15y agoIt is believed that if a woolly bear caterpillar's brown stripe is thick, the winter weather will be mild and if the brown stripes are narrow, the winter will be severe.
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∙ 9y agoIt is said the colors of a wooly worm signify the changing of the weather. Harsh or mild winters have been predicted by the colors of the wooly worm for years.
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∙ 11y agothe brown means a good winter and black means a bad winter.
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What type of worm is dark brown and 8 cm long and 1 mm diameter and has large triangular head?
This may be an earthworm that is called the black-headed worm. It is a burrowing worm that has the scientific name of Aporrectodea longa.
What is the color of a nematode?
a worm is a brown colour with a line of black. the black is its food digestion pipe.
What is a milipede?
A millipede usually has a segmented body, with two pairs of legs on each segment. They are generally black or brown and resemble a centipede or worm.
What is a woolly worm?
The last answer was most obviously wrong. A 'Woolly Worm' is clearly a worm that has just got a little bit hyper and rolled around in someones discarded bum fluff. You can de-wool a 'Wooly Worm' by simply sprinkling some talcum powder around it. The worm will then live a happy successful life and possibly buy several motor homes.
What type of snake is black with an orange stripes?
There are a lot of snakes that are brown with yellow stripes. A garter snake can be brown with yellow stripes, as well as some king snakes, and worm snakes.
What if the wooly worm is white?
What does a white wooly worm mean?
What are the black and brown caterpillars in Iowa?
when a wooly worm caterpillar's black bands are under than the brown one, what weather does this predict?
How does a wooly worm caterpillar affect the weather?
The wooly worm does not affect weather. They are indicators of weather because they are hardly ever seen in warm months such as July or June. We always see them in fall in a hurry to get somewhere. They are going into hibernation. So when you see a wooly worm headed somewhere during a month such as October or November that means cold temperatures are coming. ----- 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.
What is worm poop?
black or brown
What caterpillar is fuzzy black on the ends and orange in the middle like a woolly worm but with black spots down the middle of its back and long white spikes of hair on the ends with the black?
a wooly bear caterpillar
Can Ladybugs predict the weather?
In some places in the world and in the US, such as the New England states and especially in North Carolina (where the Woolly Worm Festival is held with activities such as caterpillar races and weather predictions), it is believed that the larvae of the Isabella tiger moth (Wooly Worm or Woolly Bear caterpillar) can indeed provide these predictions. 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.According to the web page of the Woolly Worm Festival [see link below in the related links section]:"...the woolly worm has a pretty good weather prediction rate. Scientists would prefer not to acknowledge it, but the woolly worm has a 80-85% accuracy rate for predicting the weather. The worm has held its record for accuracy for more than 20 years."
What does it mean if a wax-worm is black?
Its dead.
What does it mean when a black and white worm comes out of your cats bum?
they have worms
What type of worm is dark brown and 8 cm long and 1 mm diameter and has large triangular head?
This may be an earthworm that is called the black-headed worm. It is a burrowing worm that has the scientific name of Aporrectodea longa.
Why was the California black worm named what it was since it isn't black?
the caforlian black worm has
What is the color of a nematode?
a worm is a brown colour with a line of black. the black is its food digestion pipe.
Will worms eat another worm or dead flesh?
yes .if you see a large black worm , catch it and give it a dead worm .see what hapins. but do not let it get to your skin . it has tiny sharp teeth that can cut thrugh thick matereals . if you have catched the worm and ist gon mising and have a realy , realy ugly bump wich is black , brown or grey go strat to the docter.
