North American Medicinal Leech/ Wi'-Gi-e (Osage)

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

North American Leech - Macrobdella Decora –

Why was this man's luggage stuffed with 5,000 leeches?

BdellaNea: July 2008

North American Leech - Macrobdella Decora –

Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species

New Bloodsucker Is Discovered: First North American Medicinal Leech Scientifically Described in Over 40 Years

Hirudo medicinalis - Wikipedia

The Osage Tribe, Two Versions of the Child-naming Rite (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (Pages 23-164)), by Francis La Flesche. -- a Project Gutenberg eBook

The Leech's Journey, From Welsh Lab to American Hospitals - Atlas Obscura

Hirudin and Decorsins of the North American Medicinal Leech Macrobdella decora: Gene Structure Reveals Homology to Hirudins and Hirudin-Like Factors of Eurasian Medicinal Leeches

Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: 2022