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Life Stage Characteristics

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Hirudinea

Leech

        -  Color: black, brown, maroon; solid or mottled

        -  Size: average 50 mm (2”)

        -  Flattened body, larger at the head, segmented like an earthworm

        -  Predators (piercer-carnivores), feed largely on snails

Leeches are dorsally flattened, segmented worms, with both anterior and posterior ventral suckers.

Created: 08/04/2004   Last modified: 10/31/2014    www.FlyfishingEntomology.com