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horse leech I was walking around down by a stream looking for water loving plants when this hosepipe oozed on by.... I am sooooooo glad I didn't go in the water. Geotagged,Haemopis sanguisuga,Horse Leech,Italy,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

horse leech

I was walking around down by a stream looking for water loving plants when this hosepipe oozed on by.... I am sooooooo glad I didn't go in the water.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    I wonder if these really suck on toes? Even if they don't, still not appealing. Posted one year ago
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      morpheme
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      On the INaturalist page there's a bunch of videos of them sucking on fingers... I'm guessing toes would be just as tasty.. There were also wild boar in the area. (we didn't see them when we were in the valley, but we saw them from up above that evening). I'm guessing that water has all sorts of unsavory things in it. Posted one year ago, modified one year ago

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The Horse Leech

''Haemopis sanguisuga'', commonly called the horse-leech, is a species of leech in the genus ''Haemopis''. Another name is Aulastomum gulo.

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Similar species: Proboscisless Leeches
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Uploaded May 17, 2024. Captured May 3, 2024 04:05 in MJ98+65 Matera, Province of Matera, Italy.
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  • f/7.1
  • 1/500s
  • ISO800
  • 80mm