Woolly bear season has arrived. The fuzzy black and brown caterpillars are appearing in ... Clean, sharpen and oil hand tools. • Spread compost on vegetable beds and mulch with shredded leaves ...

Frank Chesniak Share Frank Chesniak wondered whether the woolly bear caterpillars he saw in his woodpile Sunday were dead. ‘‘The woolly bear caterpillar (or, more precisely, the Isabella tiger ...

A more rust-colored caterpillar, on the other hand, suggests a milder winter. In reality, the woolly bear’s markings indicate its age: Less black suggests an older insect. Get out your measuring ...

Wasps and flies inject their own eggs into a caterpillar's body for growing larvae to feed off its internal organs. But the woolly bear caterpillar (Grammia incorrupta) is one of the only recorded ...