I found this little guy crossing the path as I was walking around the lake .
I looked up how to tell how rough the winter is going to be by using the wooly bear caterpillars .
“ The longer the woolly bear's black bands, the longer, colder, snowier, and more severe the winter will be. Similarly, the wider the middle brown band is associated with a milder upcoming winter. The position of the longest dark bands supposedly indicates which part of winter will be coldest or hardest.”
Looks like we’re going to have a mild winter with cooler weather at the beginning and at the end .
That explains why it’s cooler than normal now .