Posted on 11/12/2021 6:20:56 PM PST by Jamestown1630
I am from MI.
I seen them all the time.
I still pick them up..
No. It was less ‘spikey’ and more fuzzy. It had the same ‘texture’ of a Woolly Bear; but it was all black.
Caterpillars and spiders that make webs farther up can predict colder winters.
Funny that top paid weather "experts" can't predict two or three days properly (worse than ever lately) and have the Weather Channel crew standing on dry ground after predicting a 3 foot snow disaster.
One in Boston or somewhere had sound accidentally on recording saying "Get them the hell out of there" to rescue on air talent from chanting mob "Where's the storm. Where's the storm" as stores and restaurants and schools closed for nothing in false alarm.
If we could get caterpillar language decoded, maybe they could reveal "Climate Change Not Man Made. No Need For Radical Policies."
Here in York (PA), we haven’t seen a single one yet.
The only truly ‘black’ person I’ve ever seen was a young man from Southern India.
Everyone else has been some shade of Brown.
Look up images of Nyakim Gatwech. Blackest person alive. Also quite beautiful.
I’ve also read that some believe that a ‘hard mast year’ of acorns predicts a bad Winter; and while I’ve seen it actually play out one year, I think that’s been debunked, too.’They’ don’t really know, but say that it’s just something plants do.
https://thebotanicaljourney.com/blogs/the-botanical-journey/oaks-acorns-and-the-mystery-of-the-mast
Same being observed through the South.
I wonder if the squirrels were busy this year.
It probably holds some truth as back in the day people would observe little things like this.
It’s not like they were being misled by the Weather Channel.
She IS very beautiful!
I did know one African American woman who would turn almost black in the Summer - she had such perfect, poreless skin I thought she was wearing makeup.
A little off-topic, but there are some great videos from the Augusta Heritage Center on YouTlube, about Appalachian folkways (video is about an hour long):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaUcSRsQPQ
Just a ping for an old Blount County boy.
My husband used to see them earlier than this when he was in Central PA - but today was the first one he saw here this year.
Climate, weather and habitat probably have a lot to do with it.
A ping to another E.TN boy that would enjoy watching having his morning coffee.
We’ve been thinking of retiring to someplace in Appalachia.
(The husband likes mountains.)
I have no idea regarding this critter, but tangentially, I came in contact with a cluster of Japanese Browntail Moth caterpillars that had my arm and neck in itchy red welts for almost weeks in September. Good fun exploring in nature, but be cautious.
Yes. Caterpillars can be dangerous.
I’m so sorry that you had such an encounter with this invasive, public-health-menace species.
Word to the wise: Don’t handle caterpillars, or let them get on ya. Admire from a healthy distance.
I will counter you with one “Popcorn Sutton”.
He killed himself when the feds busted him for good.
I have a few of his jars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQjCKAI4gA
I hope you’re not identifying everyone in Appalachia with a bootlegger.
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