Identify this Creature, please.

[Count of Cutesy]

Every day I go for a walk and I pass by this one spot where I see these weird creatures that keep me scratching my head. I'm not sure whether they're animals or plants or even aliens for all I know, but anyway, this is what I saw.

1: They are shaped like a *.
2: They have a tail.
3: They seem to have the ability to float, yet they don't seem to have wings.
4: They move in erratic patterns.
5: On every point except the tail, they have a light colored area at the tip and in the middle of each point.

If anyone could tell me what these creatures are, I would be greatly appreciative.

http://neuropod.net/imagehost/uploads/6c71524e2d26c29bb0306afc14ad06e5.jpg

Here's a drawing I did of it. I'll try to get a photo of it, soon.

(Also, I didn't know where to put this. I asked this at another forum, and the topic ended up getting locked with a mod saying "use the question stickies." As if my question will ever get answered there.)

[Tweak]

Looks like dandelion seeds or something similar.

[Count of Cutesy]

Looks like dandelion seeds or something similar.

I almost want to say some type of plant, but it moves in such erratic patterns.

[Tyla]

The only idea I've got in my head is anemone. And... well, that's probably highly incorrect. :p

[WingedZephyr]

v Dandelion seed v

[Count of Cutesy]

v Dandelion seed v

Good try, but that has a LOT more limbs than what I saw, as well as shorter limbs as well.

[Tweak]

Looks like dandelion seeds or something similar.

I almost want to say some type of plant, but it moves in such erratic patterns.

Yeah, it catches the wind in odd ways.

v Dandelion seed v

Good try, but that has a LOT more limbs than what I saw, as well as shorter limbs as well.

They can vary.

[Count of Cutesy]

Looks like dandelion seeds or something similar.

I almost want to say some type of plant, but it moves in such erratic patterns.

Yeah, it catches the wind in odd ways.

v Dandelion seed v

Good try, but that has a LOT more limbs than what I saw, as well as shorter limbs as well.

They can vary.

Yeah but by looking at that image, I don't think that's what I saw.

[ZombiezuRFER]

Are you perhaps thinking of a cnidarian called a hydra?
http://www.scientificillustrator.com/art/microscopic/hydra.jpg

[Count of Cutesy]

No, that's not it.

[icy wolf]

i saw the image, looks like a seed of some sort. or it could be a spider that just came out of its egg, they tend to use a bit of there spider slik webs to carry them with the wind.

[Count of Cutesy]

I found out what they were. They're called Phantom Crane Flies. If anyone would like to lock this now, they can.

[Ares the Ram]

Locked by request