This is the fascinating moment hundreds of bugs showed their is strength in numbers - by forming a long chain to evade predators.<br /><br />Buddhist priest Somchai Auarun saw the slimy insects crawling together on the temple ground in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.<br /><br />The creatures, believed to be Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia Oryzae), are a species of small flying bugs that normally damage the crops, affecting most rice plants to have stunted and undeveloped stalks.<br /><br />The worms club together to appear bigger and evade predators while looking for food. The larger appearance deceives would-be attackers who are then intimated by the slow-moving moving mass.