We most commonly see woolly bear caterpillars in the fall. I always smile when I see the first one. But have you ever thought about where they come from? I mean, since they are caterpillars, they ...

Females lay eggs to start the cycle again. Despite hard scientific evidence, woolly bear folklore persists. People love being able to observe them at a glance and make an immediate prediction.

and complete their life cycle and lay eggs in late summer. Those hatch into the woolly bears we see in fall. Those tough little caterpillars freeze solid in the winter, and their heart actually ...

Starting in spring, woolly bears metamorphose into the moth stage, mate, lay eggs, and die off. (The moths don’t eat, and live only a few days at most.) Then, the cycle repeats itself.

The woolly bear caterpillar, one of autumn’s most recognizable crawling critters, might not be the tiny winter weather forecaster that folklore would have us believe. But that doesn’t mean ...

One particular creature that has caught the attention of many is the black fuzzy caterpillar, also known as a woolly bear caterpillar ... as part of their life cycle in Houston in springtime.

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.