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10/08/07, 08:57 PM
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wooly worms
saw the first wooly worms today. how they manage to scramble across highways i will never know.
anyway, the 3 i saw were all orange from end to end, meaning no snow this winter. i managed to count the fogs in august this year too. there weren't any fogs, so that means no snow. 
this drought is downright scary. everywhere i go in town, people are talking about the end times... 
the one good thing about the drought is that many bugs were killed. kind of makes up for the last several yeas where it hasn't been cold enough to kill them off.
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10/08/07, 09:12 PM
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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac the western half of the country will be warmer and the eastern half will be cooler than normal. Precipitation will be above normal in most of the Pacific regions and the western portions of the Intermountain region and the northern Atlantic region. Elsewhere the precipitation will be near or below normal.
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10/08/07, 10:11 PM
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my wooly worms look normal this year.
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10/09/07, 07:06 AM
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Land sake you are just now seeing wooly worms? We have been seeing them for weeks and tons of them too. They other day we counted 20 of them on the barn floor alone, never seen so many in my life. Although they were all normal looking. What's with the increased number of them this year?
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10/09/07, 07:13 AM
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It means you have wooly worms with genetics that cause them to be mostly black.
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10/09/07, 07:16 AM
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The Woolies I've seen here are black on both ends and orange in the middle...Seems to be more this year or maybe I'm outside more to see them?
They sure are cute though 
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10/09/07, 07:18 AM
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Been seeing them since late August here. The orange stripe is smaller then normal.
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10/09/07, 07:18 AM
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I've only seen ONE - and that's unusual enough in itself - and it was solid black. Seeing as how our weather here in MO keeps see-sawing back and forth from chilly (40s in AM to 60s) to hot (70s in AM to 90s+) within the same week and has done similar all summer, we're pretty much planning on a bad winter.
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10/09/07, 08:00 AM
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october is the traditional time to see them in this neck of the woods.
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10/09/07, 08:09 AM
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Every time I see one it's already purklunckity.
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10/09/07, 08:25 AM
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They look normal here but we have always called them wooly bear caterpillars instead.
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10/09/07, 08:46 AM
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Interesting Marvella because I saw several yesterday and they were all orange, no black. I don't think I have ever seen one all orange before.
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10/09/07, 01:28 PM
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I've seen one this year that was very light tan, beige almost. The rest of them I have seen have been all black.
And yes Marvella - isn't it bizarre how they travel like that across roads? I thought my husband was looney last year when he was telling me that ....until I took the time to look down at the road in front of the car as I was driving. Strange seeing the little buggers bookin' like that.
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10/09/07, 01:46 PM
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I'm in TN also, and this past weekend I saw my first one of the season and it too was completely orange and light Orange to boot. I've never seen one that didn't have "some" black on it.
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10/09/07, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by GoatsRus
I'm in TN also, and this past weekend I saw my first one of the season and it too was completely orange and light Orange to boot. I've never seen one that didn't have "some" black on it.
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I have also seen 3-4 of the orange/blonde ones around here with no black ones to be found anywhere.
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10/09/07, 01:58 PM
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I'm from Tennessee too, and most of the older folks here are saying they see only signs of a bad winter here after the drought. The last one that I remember was followed by a winter that didn't truly begin until around January, but continued with one of our worst ice storms in March.
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10/09/07, 03:11 PM
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i get a kick out of them moving as fast as they can across the road. i dodge 'em if i can.
yes, all the signs point to a very dry and warm winter. we can't stand a lot more. it was dry last winter, which will make it a full year.
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10/09/07, 03:26 PM
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i have seen several of all color types. i guess i will get a mixed bag this winter.
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10/09/07, 04:11 PM
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Most of the ones I have seen lately have been all creamy white. I have never seen that before. I had to make sure it was the same kind, but I'm almost positive it was.
So, is it a portent like the white buffalo calf or something?
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