If you life in north America, you're almost certainly familiar with the little orange and brown caterpillar called the wooly bear. If you're in the Eastern US you may have even gone to a wooly bear festival! However, the rest of its life cycle is less familiar to most people, a fact we hope to remedy! Tune in to hear about the wooly bear, its mythos, and the celebrations that have sprung up in it's honor!
Citations:
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/68/4/557/2645369
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/214/14/2416/918/How-do-tiger-moths-jam-bat-sonar
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/214/7/1205/33560/The-sub-lethal-effects-of-repeated-freezing-in-the
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12770036/
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/banded-woollybear
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26281804/
http://www.minnesotaseasons.com/Insects/Isabella_tiger_moth.html
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/68/4/557/2645369
If you life in north America, you're almost certainly familiar with the little orange and brown caterpillar called the wooly bear. If you're in the Eastern US you may have even gone to a wooly bear festival! However, the rest of its life cycle is less familiar to most people, a fact we hope to remedy! Tune in to hear about the wooly bear, its mythos, and the celebrations that have sprung up in it's honor!
Citations:
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/68/4/557/2645369
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/214/14/2416/918/How-do-tiger-moths-jam-bat-sonar
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/214/7/1205/33560/The-sub-lethal-effects-of-repeated-freezing-in-the
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12770036/
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/banded-woollybear
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26281804/
http://www.minnesotaseasons.com/Insects/Isabella_tiger_moth.html
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/68/4/557/2645369