Found this on my toe after swimming in a lake [Solved: Leech]
Found this on my toe after swimming in a lake [Solved: Leech]
It was in a small lake in Washington, and I noticed it as I was about to drive home.
Baby leech
57ReplyDoo-doo doo-doo doo-doo♫
92ReplyNew fear unlocked. Thank you
13ReplyFor real?
11ReplyLooks like it 🙁. If you can bear to open this post again could you edit the title to add [SOLVED]? Thanks!
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Doo doo doo doo doo doo
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When it grows up, it wants to be landlord.
39ReplyWhen you search "baby leeches" a forum question comes up, and the folks there identify something that looks exactly like this is a Planaria flatworm. https://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/40506-anyone-know-what-these-are/
27ReplyPlanaria have triangular heads like in the link you posted, I agree with the others that OP's PIC is a leach.
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Young leech
24ReplySounds like a rapper name
27ReplyLil Leezy
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Leach
18ReplyReally? it looks different to the leaches I have seen. I am guessing there are different types of leaches?
4ReplyIt’s a leech all right
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Why oh why do I not pick up a book at bedtime instead of my phone.
17ReplyWhatever it is, it curled up like a pill bug when poked
7Replyit's a living booger
2ReplyDONT EAT IT
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Could be a bug larvae. Like a little cacoon that attaches to things.
1ReplyOh yeah that's a larval state candiru. Here's a little video that talks about them.
I used to see those all the time when I was making all of this up.
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