These are from a trip to Borneo with the wife.
1 It got under my arm
2 This was after about 1 hour
3 after about 6 hours
4 just before we flushed it down the loo, from where it quickly climbed out of
5 this last one is just to show that they can be pretty too
It is impressive how they can change colour so much. The first 4 shots are of the same individual. I think they are the same species as the last one of the pair even though they look quite different.
It was the wife that took the first 4, as these are, i am afraid, of my own armpit. Part of the reason i think they are the species below is because it stung as it bit and there was a bruise for about 10 days afterwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemadipsa_picta
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Leeches are right up there with ticks as some of my favorites.
Yeeesh.
Mike
Yeeesh.
Mike
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