1 A Striped Leech at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Hirudinidae sp. (family) | 27 Sep 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Hirudinidae sp. (family) | 26 Sep 2019 | Christine |
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User's notes
Shorty spotted one here yesterday, and today I found two. Sorry poor quality pics. In shallow, slightly murky water. I am not very familiar with leeches, and intrigued to see them swimming, and attaching and shortening and elongating their bodies.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.159569-35.316470
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2019 02:43 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Other Invertebrates Leeches (Hirudinea) Segmented Worms (Annelida) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Hirudinidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- A Striped Leech Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 752.37m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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