A hover-worm.
Hover-Worms were large worm-like predators which suspend themselves above the ground with jets of air issuing from ducts on their underbellies. Hover-Worms attacked with sucker-tipped tentacles protruding from their mouth. The suckers administered a lethal vemon which transformed into hot air inside the injected body. This caused the unfortunate victim to swell, start floating and eventually explode, unless an antidote of Charlock and Hempleaf was immediately administered.
Related Species
Hover-Worms were very similar to Logworms, which hovered above the ground in the same way.
Appearances
Gristle Tatum was attacked by a hover-worm during the events of Beyond the Deepwoods. It bit him on the leg, but Twig managed to slay the hover-worm and get Gristle to safety.