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Name: Margare
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Age: 50s
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Date: 2001340
Question:
I have been told that the amount of brown/black banding on a wooly bear caterpillar is an indication of its age and want to know if this is correct. Thank you.

Replies:
Although a lot of folklore supports this story, weather data that I have seen do not. It might be a nice project for someone, though, if they can find wooly worm data!

Ellen S. Mayo

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