I've seen a couple of woolly worms over the past couple of days, and with the arrival of much cooler and less humid air, I'm not terribly surprised. We're still a few weeks away from the official, astronomical beginning of autumn, but let's see what those worms have to say about it.

Brown Woolly Worms

I'm guessing the worms I saw were brown, but I spotted them from a moving vehicle, so I'm not sure. However, for the sake of this discussion, let's say they were brown. What does that mean?

Here we have a brown woolly bear caterpillar (their official but non-scientific name) with black bands at either end. The folklore, as shared by Kentucky Pest News , indicates that more black hairs than orange (KPN calls them orange; I call them brown) means a harsh winter is on its way. Don't panic,

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