Leech expert Roy Sawyer, who grew up in the swamps of South Carolina, wrote after coming here in 1975, "I had never experienced such intense attacks from mosquitoes and biting flies." Mark already ...

was passed off as the more effective medicinal leech. H decora, which was imported, does not bite as deep and so was less effective at draining blood. Declining leech numbers and increasing prices ...

Fans of the show were also horrified by the aftermath of the leech attack. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, one said: "Things I didn’t need to see: the inside of Jane’s bra!" Another added ...