How to Use woolly bear in a Sentence

woolly bear

noun
  • The width of the brown and black bands on the woolly bear is said to predict the timing and the severity of the upcoming winter.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Two generations of woolly bears spawn each year, one around May and the other around August.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Here's more on woolly bear caterpillars' lifecycle in Michigan.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps no autumn weather forecaster is more famous than the woolly bear caterpillar.
    — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Getty Images One way people have tried to look into the future is to look at the woolly worm or woolly bear caterpillar.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But instead of a famous groundhog in the spotlight, the job belongs to the woolly bear caterpillar (better known locally as the woolly worm).
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The woolly bear caterpillar results in the Isabella Tiger Moth.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • People ascribe weather-predicting abilities to other species, too, including woolly bear caterpillars, sheep, cats and dormice.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The National Weather Service noted a second version that says seeing woolly bear's crawling in a southerly direction means are trying to escape the cold winter conditions of the north.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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