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Horse leech

Haemopis sanguisuga

197Records since 2000
MayPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar9
Apr25
May51
Jun40
Jul18
Aug14
Sep15
Oct8
Nov2
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland13
2Isle of Anglesey Wales13
3Argyll and Bute Scotland10
4Gwynedd Wales8
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
6Powys Wales7
7York England6
8Aberdeen City Scotland6
9North Yorkshire England5
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
11Somerset England4
12Cumbria England4
13Ceredigion Wales4
14Orkney Islands Scotland4
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
84 England47 Scotland47 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
197
Peak month
May
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Haemopis sanguisuga
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
390
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Arhynchobdellida
Family
Haemopidae
Genus
Haemopis
Name with authority
Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1051334 · GBIF 4411067