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UC Davis Researchers: Wooly Bear Caterpillars Pick Winner of U.S. Presidential Campaign

Score another win for those wooly bear caterpillars. For the past three decades, wooly bear caterpillars have accurately predicted a Republican or Democrat win in the U.S. Presidential elections. This year, despite the pollsters, pundits and political...

UC Davis researchers Rick Karban (left) and his graduate student Eric LoPresti with their chart linking wooly bear caterpillars to U.S. Presidential elections. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis researchers Rick Karban (left) and his graduate student Eric LoPresti with their chart linking wooly bear caterpillars to U.S. Presidential elections. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of U.S. Presidential election predictions (red designates Republicans and blue, Democrats).

Close-up of U.S. Presidential election predictions (red designates Republicans and blue, Democrats).

A wooly bear caterpillar on Bodega Head in 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A wooly bear caterpillar on Bodega Head in 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wooly bear caterpillars eating lupine in 2008 on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wooly bear caterpillars eating lupine in 2008 on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Wooly Bear of a Caterpillar

If you enjoy climbing the cliffs of Bodega Head on the Sonoma coast, keep your eyes out for bears--wooly bear caterpillars, that is. The so-called "wooly bear caterpillar" is reddish, black and woolly and has a voracious appetite much like that of Joey...

A wooly bear caterpillar munching on foliage at the Bodega Head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A wooly bear caterpillar munching on foliage at the Bodega Head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A wooly bear caterpillar munching on fiddleneck. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A wooly bear caterpillar munching on fiddleneck. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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