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Photo by CynthiaMHori
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Field Notes

Description:

three orders, eight families, 19 genera, and 81 nominal species. They are frequent in lakes, streams and ponds. This was found in Duck Lake but we also found a arge quantity of leeches (15 were on my leg at one time) in the Little Betsie River. They do not burrow so they are easy to remove.

Habitat:

parasite

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CynthiaMHori
I thought this was a good shot - you can clearly see that they are a segmented Annelid. Keeping them on me is too freaky!
alicelongmartin
Next time take a picture of them on your leg so we can see them better!

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PublishedAugust 6, 2011

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