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Leech - Protoclepsis tasselata
Family - Annelida

Small gelatinous annelid, green to olive green in colour, a freshwater leech species with six rows of small yellow spots upto 60mm (2.4in) long, feeds on ducks and other water birds entering the nasal cavities and throat (information courtesy www.bumblebees.org).

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