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
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- 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 |
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| 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