My friend was riding her bike and there was a small green looking worm like thing floating in the air.??

Question

heres a little bit more detail.

my friend was riding her bike .

and all of a sudden she spotted a small about 1 inch looking type of worm and it was a light green.

it looked like it was just floating in mid air and i've been curious ever since.

and it was alive. it was a bug . but what was it?

I've seen one before and they're just confusing.

if anybody knows what those are called and more detail then please i beg of you guys to answer below! thank you so much!

Answer 1

Where I am from we call them canker-worms.  They eat the leaves off of trees, and I find them annoying but the birds seem to like them.

Answer 2

It is a silk worm they are all over where I live. Hope this helped!!:-)

Answer 3

Totally a silk worm. They have a silk like spiders that can make them hang. Have u read the book james and the giant peach? In that book u can plainly see it was a silkworm.

Answer 4

Yeah, just what everybody else said, it was probably a silk worm. Fits the description perfectly. The silk threads they hang by are so tiny that it is hard to see their silk at times, l so it gives the appearance that they are floating. No need to be afraid of those little guys, their just hangin' out (pun intended)

Answer 5

i always called them inch worms, but they are essentially the same thing as silk worms. they are harmless, and fun to watch. i found some stuff on wiki - check it out. this might help. :)

"Appearance



Costa Rican hairy caterpillar.Many caterpillars are cryptically coloured and resemble the plants on which they feed and may even have parts that mimic plant parts such as thorns. Their size varies from as little as 1mm to about 3 inches. Some look like objects in the environment such as bird droppings. Many feed enclosed inside silk galleries, rolled leaves or by mining between the leaf surfaces. Caterpillars of Nemoria arizonaria that grow in spring feed on oak catkins and appear green. The summer brood however appear like oak twigs. The differential development is linked to the tannin content in the diet.[7]

More aggressive self-defense measures are taken by caterpillars. These caterpillars have spiny bristles or long fine hair-like setae with detachable tips that will irritate by lodging in the skin or mucous membranes.[3] However, some birds, like cuckoos, will swallow even the hairiest of caterpillars. The most aggressive defenses are bristles associated with venom glands, called urticating hairs; a venom among the most potent defensive chemicals in any animals is produced by the South American silk moth genus Lonomia. It is an anticoagulant powerful enough to cause a human to hemorrhage to death (See Lonomiasis).[8] This chemical is being investigated for potential medical applications. Most urticating hairs however range in effect from mild irritation to dermatitis.



Giant swallowtail caterpillar everting its osmeterium in defensePlants have evolved poisons to protect themselves from herbivores and some caterpillars have evolved countermeasures and eat the leaves of these toxic plants. In addition to being unaffected by the poison, they sequester it in their body, making them highly toxic to predators. These chemicals are also carried on into the adult stages. These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) and monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars, usually advertise themselves with brightly striped or coloured in black, red and yellow—the danger colours (see aposematism). Any predator that attempts to eat a caterpillar with an aggressive defence mechanism will learn and avoid future attempts.

Some caterpillars regurgitate acidic digestive juices at attacking enemies. Many papilionid larvae produce bad smells from extrudable glands called osmeteria.

Caterpillars can evade predators by using a silk line and dropping off from branches when disturbed.

Some caterpillars obtain protection by associating themselves with ants. The Lycaenid butterflies are particularly well known for this. They communicate with their ant protectors by vibrations as well as chemical means [9] and typically provide food rewards.

Some caterpillars are gregarious; large aggregations are believed to help in reducing the levels of parasitization and predation.[10] Clusters amplify the signal of aposematic coloration, and individuals may participate in group regurgitation or displays."