Mastodawn

The thing about entomology is, there are always weirder bugs than anything you could imagine on your own.

Here's Cysteodemus wislizeni, a blister beetle from west Texas.
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@alexwild
could it be some sort of spider mimicry?

@Joe_von_Saporski @alexwild off the top of my head I can't think of a similar-looking spider in the region it would be mimicking, though!

@nev @alexwild
found that cysteodemus are desert spider beetles

Perhaps the long legs for more ground clearance from the heat.

either way, nice bug and nice shot : )