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Field Notes

Description:

A pinkish orange colour, looks almost like a leech.

Habitat:

Found this in vegetable leaves.

Notes:

If anyone has any idea what this is, it would be appreciated. :)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mark Ridgway
Hi toddies... this is a terrestrial flatworm or geoplanarian. This orange one might be an Aussie invader called Australoplana alba http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/turbellaria.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_flatworm

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2014

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