Section 2: Lakefly Invertebrate Identification
Estimated Time For Lesson: 3 minutes
ID Notes
Other leeches can be a variety of shapes and colours .
Other leeches have a looping movement when they are not swimming, or an undulating movement if swimming. They may stick to the tray.
They have segmented bodies
No legs
Flattened top to bottom (dorso-ventrally), like a leaf
Eye spots located at the front or round the edge of the head (can be hard to see)
They have two suckers, one at each end of the body (the front sucker is often indistinct)
