Now that is a creepy long caterpillar that would morph into a large moth. I would freak out seeing these crawling on my porch or path ways. There’s usually more than one! Will Choppy bark her head off as these caterpillars slither across slowly?
Looks like a wooly bear caterpillar predicting a VERY mild winter!
From Farmer’s Almanac: “The wider the rusty brown sections (or the more brown segments there are), the milder the coming winter will be. The more black there is, the more severe the winter. “
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It looks like a feather to me !
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We don’t see many hairy ones here now, though as a kid there were hundreds (well, a kid’s hundreds)!
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We call those ones ‘woolly boys’ 😊
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Now that is a creepy long caterpillar that would morph into a large moth. I would freak out seeing these crawling on my porch or path ways. There’s usually more than one! Will Choppy bark her head off as these caterpillars slither across slowly?
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She didn’t even notice it – we saw it on a walk.
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😃Lucky you or she will bark her head off.
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With it’s black head, I’m pretty sure that’s the caterpillar of a Giant Leopard Moth…we saw one a few days ago.
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Cute, but be careful as some of these are poisonous and . Not sure which ones.
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Aren’t they some sort of harbinger oil the severity of winter weather? 🐛
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Some of them supposedly are, but I am definitely not the person to ask about that.
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Looks like a wooly bear caterpillar predicting a VERY mild winter!
From Farmer’s Almanac: “The wider the rusty brown sections (or the more brown segments there are), the milder the coming winter will be. The more black there is, the more severe the winter. “
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You don’t think that’s a Giant Leopard Moth, as opposed to a Wooly Bear
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The GLM has red skin between its dark hairs, which this one lacks. It may not be a wooly bear, but a cousin perhaps?
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I know about the red skin bands…I just figured it didn’t show in the photo.
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wow very nice photos, great work
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Gross and cool
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I agree with Eliza – wooly bear predicting a mild winter. Great picture you captured.
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Nice wooly bear.
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