A solitary Desert Wash Weevil (Apleurus albovestitus) makes its way to points unknown within the superimposed waves of the Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California. For a sense of scale, the weevil is about 20mm (¾ inch) long.

The weevil's tracks were fun to watch as they appeared in its wake, and these tracks were far from the only ones to be found. There were also peculiar 'S'-shaped tracks that were fairly instantly recognizable, and likely from a Sidewinder Rattlesnake. Given that I was blundering around in the dark in the dunes with my headlamp off not too many hours prior to this, I suppose I'm lucky I didn't cross paths with one of the more venomous denizens.

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D750
Exposure:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture:	f/11.0
ISO Speed:	500
Focal Length:	400 mm
Lens:	80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6