Leech

Description:

Length to over 2 inches. Greenish black with suckers at each end. Hang on with one end while feeling about with other. Commonest American leech, usually found on turtles, stones, and other submerged objects. May be more active at night in search of animal food, which it locates partly by smelling. From Fieldbook of Natural History by E. Laurence Palmer

Habitat:

Commonest American leech, usually found on turtles, stones, and other submerged objects.

Notes:

Class Hirudinea about 250 species of living leeches divided into 2 orders. Mostly aquatic, or in moist places, in most parts of world. Suck blood of other animals, particularly of aquatic animals such as fishes, turtles, snails, and the like. See above citation.