The images were shared on social networks by users from China who raised alarms about hundreds of worms appearing on vehicles parked overnight on the streets of Beijing.

The phenomenon may be related to the full moon of this month known as the Worm Moon, although it is also referred to as the Lent Moon for the period leading up to Easter.

In the past, the native tribes of the north of the American continent, such as the Ojibwe (or Anishinaabe), began to call it Worm Moon when the temperature began to warm and the ground began to thaw, because with the approach of spring, earthworms appear, heralding the return of birds such as robins. To settlers, it was also known as the Lent Moon and was considered the last full moon of winter, the Farmer’s Almanac recalls.

Some people in China advised on social networks to use umbrellas to tend to the worms that fell from the sky.

Theories about the rain of worms

The Chinese authorities have not provided an explanation for this amazing phenomenon that lends itself to various theories.

According to Infobae, one of the hypotheses indicates that these “worms” are actually poplar flowers, which are full of seeds and when they fall, they resemble caterpillars. Other people on social networks believe that these animals fell from a building near the place that could be infested with these insects.

scientific magazine Mother Nature Network says these kinds of animal incidents happen after a storm or taken; Scientists believe that these bugs are dragged miles from their place of origin, something similar to what some internet users are raising.