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#leech photo session this afternoon! Things I learned:

1) they will *absolutely* climb out of photobox
2) gonopores are not where I thought (lots of photos focusing on posterior sucker b4 I figured it out🤦‍♀️)
3) we have American medicinal leeches (Macrobdella decora) @ this site!
Ventral shot of an American medicinal leech (Macrobdella decora) from a prairie pothole pond in central MN.

To distinguish it from others in the same genus, you've got to find a cluster of glands on the ventral surface (circled). Image
In American medicinal leeches (#Macrobdella decora), you should see a cluster of 4 glands arranged in two rows. Here's a close up of that circled section on a live specimen.

Thanks to @danielledecarle for showing me what to look for! (hopefully I've gotten it right!😅) Image
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