May 31, 2024
Recently started keeping some Erpobdella leeches I found in ponds. These are similar to familiar parasitic leeches but don’t drink blood, and instead are predator-scavengers that feed on smaller worms, insect larvae, carrion etc.- basically anything small enough to swallow or soft enough to slurp up.
They’re almost constantly roving around and rooting in the sand in search of food, and don’t seem to be very picky. In this video they’re eating the innards of dead mealworms but they’ve also readily devoured small earthworms and pieces of fish.