Wooly Worms

Pete-IN · Sep 27, 2021

On my 1 mile AM walk down my county paved road I have not seen any wooly worms crossing. Normally they are out this time of year. In case you don't know what I am talking about, they are the inch and a half long worms with fuzzy hair. Some folks say their hair color stripes predict what kind of winter we will have. This is northern Indiana. Anyone else notice this? To keep this tractor related, lots of the worms normally gets smashed by farmers pulling grain wagons.

Carlmac 369 · Sep 27, 2021

(quoted from post at 08:55:57 09/27/21) On my 1 mile AM walk down my county paved road I have not seen any wooly worms crossing. Normally they are out this time of year. In case you don't know what I am talking about, they are the inch and a half long worms with fuzzy hair. Some folks say their hair color stripes predict what kind of winter we will have. This is northern Indiana. Anyone else notice this? [b:4ea7c79d14]To keep this tractor related[/b:4ea7c79d14], lots of the worms normally gets smashed by farmers pulling grain wagons.

Not much point in being concerned about the bolded, very few others are.

Have seen quite a few woolies here. Some are all white.

rustyfarmall · Sep 27, 2021

I've seen 2 that were solid black, and 1 that was all white.

coonie minnie · Sep 27, 2021

Not many here, either. Usually lots this time of year.

MJMJ · Sep 27, 2021

Wooly works are black and brown. The all black and all white ones are different types of caterpillars, not wooly worms.

Jim in NC · Sep 27, 2021

I have not seen any which is very unusual. I wonder if they have headed south for the winter?

Old weldor · Sep 27, 2021

Have not seen any here in Iowa either!

560Dennis · Sep 27, 2021

Seen one about three weeks ago ,all dark in wood pile we loaded up.

Richard G. · Sep 27, 2021

I have seen a few crawling on my shop floor.
Mostly brown with a little black on the ends.
Folks here say that means a long cold winter.
Saw this one yesterday on the side of the house.
Richard in NW SC

sms · Sep 27, 2021

Seem normal here. Have seen a bunch. Was dodging them while driving yesterday.

Bruce from Can. · Sep 27, 2021

Either I havent noticed them, or there just isnt many of those little woolly worms around this year. Bugs go in cycles, maybe this wasnt ideal conditions for them with all the rain we had this past summer

Bret4207 · Sep 27, 2021

All over the place here on the NYS/Ontario border.

tractorkrum · Sep 27, 2021

Have only seen a couple this year in West Central Wisconsin. Reports are that they are nearly all dark.

Den N Ms · Sep 27, 2021

Most of the Caterpillars I have seen around Peoria Illinois are all yellow. :lol: LoL

john in la · Sep 27, 2021

You guys and grandmas folklore.

I think what MJMJ posted needs repeating in BOLD.

[b:654c4848f0]Wooly works are black and brown. The all black and all white ones are different types of caterpillars, not wooly worms.[/b:654c4848f0]

J Hamilton · Sep 27, 2021

All of ours are yellow too! Lol

rusty6 · Sep 27, 2021

I see about the usual amount of those fuzzy caterpillars here in Sask.. Black and kind of rusty red.

BarnyardEngineering · Sep 27, 2021

(quoted from post at 04:26:13 09/27/21)

(quoted from post at 08:55:57 09/27/21) On my 1 mile AM walk down my county paved road I have not seen any wooly worms crossing. Normally they are out this time of year. In case you don't know what I am talking about, they are the inch and a half long worms with fuzzy hair. Some folks say their hair color stripes predict what kind of winter we will have. This is northern Indiana. Anyone else notice this? [b:fee61cc8f7]To keep this tractor related[/b:fee61cc8f7], lots of the worms normally gets smashed by farmers pulling grain wagons.

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Not much point in being concerned about the bolded, very few others are.

Agreed. As long as the conversation remains civil and does not openly violate any specific site rules, there is no need to make a contrived tractor relationship.

johnofnewhaven · Sep 27, 2021

Hi Pete. Just started to see them in the past week. NE Indiana

john in la · Sep 28, 2021

Den that took me a while to catch on. Kept
wondering why someone from MS was posting
about Peoria.

Then it dawned on me what caterpillar and Peoria
have in common.

Old weldor · Sep 28, 2021

Have not seen any here in Iowa either!

John in Mich · Sep 28, 2021

Interesting. I have not seen any yet this year here in SE Mich. Thinking back a couple of years, I don't remember seeing any. I wonder if the mosquito/tick/box elder spray affects them?

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