In the caterpillar world, few are as well-known as the woolly bear (sometimes known as a wooly worm). While monarchs caterpillars surpass them in name recognition, they’d take an easy second place.

Want to know how harsh this winter will be? The woolly bear caterpillar may have a good prediction. "The folklore says, the more brown they have, the milder the winter will be. The more black, the ...

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