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Nov 1, 2018 8:29 AM CST
Name: Critter (Jill)
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The legs seem bee-like, although there are plenty of bee mimics in the insect world ("you don't want to bother me, I could sting you!"). I found a brief page detailing some of them by googling "bee mimics."

https://beespotter.org/topics/...

Check out Bug Guide's bee page. https://bugguide.net/node/view...

I'm not claiming an ID here at all, just to suggest your ugly bug could be a bee... look at this photo of one of the "cellophane bees." https://bugguide.net/node/view... It's probably not big enough to be the one you saw, but maybe a mining bee?
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