Wooly Worms Can Be Weather Forecasters Too
The groundhog has always predicted the weather correctly for most people, but now people have lost faith in it. They instead prefer to ask the wooly worm, according to The Guardian.
This one is tiny, with fur on it body and "warm fall coloring". It is looked up to at some places such as North Carolina, as it can predict the impending winter quite well sometimes.
Interestingly, it can adapt its body to the severity of the winter. If its midsection has many segments, then it is likely to face a mild winter. But if it has very few of them, the winter will be rough.
The fact is that there is a mix of facts as well as fiction in this theory. One scientist tried to show the link between the weather and the insect's body, but his survey was too limited, according to the Almanac.
How the bugs react to other things, like animals that show typical behavior due to weather changes, seems to be more telling. "To me it's more of a response to what's already happening weather-wise," said weather expert Tom Niziol to the Weather Channel. "They're a fascinating little insect."
