where they will spend the winter as a larva. In fact they are only scurrying to find a sheltered location under dead plant debris, etc. There are 2 generations of caterpillars each year (May and August) The second generation is the one noticed in late fall when the woolly bears are crossing the roads, usually in great haste as if they have someplace special to go. The banded woolly bear is found throughout the U.S., Mexico and southern Canada but not the rest of the world. It is black at both ends and reddish-brown in the middle. The best-known woolly bear is called the banded woolly bear. Woolly bears are the caterpillar stage of medium sized moths known as tiger moths. that could legitimately be called woolly bears because of the dense, bristly hair that covers their bodies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though most people have one kind of woolly bear in mind, there are 8 or more species in the U.S. The woolly bear is a common and well-known caterpillar.
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