Jackie Woodcock receives an important weather update from the most reputable of weathermen: a wooly bear caterpillar.

Legend claims a woolly bear caterpillar can predict the severity of winter — but is it true? Here's what to know about the ...

Do woolly bear caterpillars forecast winter weather? Woolly bears (or woolly worms in the South) have a reputation for forecasting the coming winter weather, according to the Farmer's Almanac. The ...

Woolly bear caterpillars, often seen crawling on porches, are rumored to have something up their sleeves in terms of forecasting winter weather. Meteorologist Ryan Argenti from Hearst sister station ...

Nature is amazingly symbiotic. There are plants that work as natural pest control in your yard or garden and critters that help keep your weeds in check. Case in point: the woolly bear caterpillar.

Weather forecasting folklore also involves insects. Like those of squirrels, the higher the nests of wasps and hornets, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you’re out and about on the trails this fall, you might run into a fuzzy black and orange fellow inching across your path. The woolly bear caterpillar, also known as the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you’re out and about on the trails this fall, you might run into a fuzzy black and orange fellow inching across your path. The woolly bear caterpillar, also known as the ...