While most of us are used to seeing woolly worms with brown bands, several worms have been seen this fall completely black.
According to folklore, thin brown bands on a woolly worms means a harsh winter is coming, while a wider brown-banded woolly worms means a mild winter. Nearly all black woolly worms indicates a severe winter is coming.
The woolly worm has some support from the Farmer’s Almanac, calling for “numbing cold and snowy” weather for the Midwest.
