[NatureNS] Is this a young leech?

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 09:12:55 -0300 (ADT)
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   Sure looks like a leech to me Burkhard!
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   No doubt very life like imitations have hit the market but
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   none of them are alive.
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   I don&#39;t know about how many different species of leech are in our waters
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   but several I suspect. Never saw a book on the subject - just how to fish them.
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   Often when we used to clean trout for supper we would find small leech in them
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   not the big 5 cm kind seen in the water. It may be this was a mature individual
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   of a smaller species.
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   An interesting subject - I must read Thom Green&#39;s article again.
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   Enjoy the early autumn!
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   Paul
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   On September 25, 2015 at 6:11 PM Burkhard Plache &#60;burkhardplache@gmail.com&#62; wrote:
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     The critter was certainly alive and well, not a plastic imitation.
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      On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Ian Manning 
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         A little tough to say from the photo, but it looks to me like an plastic poppyseed leech aka a &#34;powerbait&#34;. Commonly used for small mouth bass fishing. The only thing that&#39;s throwing me off is the stuck to your foot part. &#160;
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         Otherwise, I guess it could be the type of leech the lure is meant to imitate. However that would be a new critter to me.&#160;
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         Best,
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         Ian
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           <br/>On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Burkhard Plache &#60;
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              After a swim in a muddy lake,
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              a tiny (1 mm thin, 5 mm long) sucking animal
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              had attached itself to my foot. It was easy to pull off.
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              Does anybody have an idea what I collected?
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              Thanks for any input,
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              Burkhard
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