“What kind of worm or caterpillar is this?” asks this reader in Northeastern New York State. His question pertains to the caterpillar-like creature pictured below, which seems to be a dark blue or purple color.

“What are these tiny worm-like creatures? We get quite a few and have had 2 groups this morning” writes this reader about the horde of larvae-like organisms pictured below. The cola-colored “worm-like” creature was allegedly “deposited/dropped by something onto” our reader’s “tile patio outside”.