11.12.09

.Banded Woolly Bear.




.I took these photos a few weeks ago while Dan was running an 8 mile - wooded race. Often called a "woolly bear", this creature eventually turns into the Isabella Tiger Moth. According to some source on Wikipedia, if the woolly's brown stripe is thick, the winter will be mild and if it's narrow, the winter will be severe. Looks like a thick stripe, so we will see!.

2 comments:

ArtSparker said...

Sweet. I like that he is juxtaposed with the tree rings, which record each year's weather as the the tree grows.

heidi said...

LOVE these pics! The light is perfect. I found one of these in my driveway, and sat & waited for it to turn into a letter. I gave up ;-)