Ijust learned of the mythos surrounding wooly bear caterpillars and their groundhog-ish ability to tell us what's happening with the weather.

According to folklore, these critters can predict how cold and snowy the upcoming winter will be. Here's the truth behind the stripes. As these fuzzy little tube socks emerge, their colors can predict what type of winter is ahead.

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Black bands: If a woolly bear is mostly black, it indicates a longer, colder and snowier winter is ahead.

Brown bands: If the middle brown band is large, then the upcoming winter will not be as cold or snowy.

"The woolly bear caterpillar's coloring is based on how long [the] caterpillar has been feeding, its age, and species," the National Weather Service explained. "The better the growing season is the

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