{"id":84,"date":"2011-10-02T03:07:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T03:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2012-03-29T01:47:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T01:47:49","slug":"wooly-bear-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Wooly Bear Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wooly Bear<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past week, I have seen 4 wooly bears crossing the trail or hanging out on some plants. This is in spite of the fact that I have spent most my daylight hours teaching school. Wooly bears are <\/strong>fuzzy caterpillars and tend to appear in great numbers when the weather gets <\/span><\/p>\n

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Isabella Moth<\/p><\/div>\n

warm in the fall. They are the caterpillar of a small white moth known as the Isabella moth<\/em>. Students love to handle them because they are so fuzzy. In late September, I start looking for wooly bears in my neighborhood. If it is a warm weekend, you and your family are likely to see them on hiking trails. If you are a teacher, students can start bringing the wooly bears to school in a container with a lid. Wooly bears eat small weeds and one of their favorites is plantain, a common lawn weed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plantain<\/p><\/div>\n

Wooly Bear Week <\/em>should begin when they are most plentiful along the trails.\u00a0 There are many studies that you can do with wooly bears in the classroom. You can record your observations in a nature journal.
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