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Fruit & Flower Chafers (scarab beetles) aka Green June Bug

Cotinis nitida - or another Cotinis spp.

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Description:

Green beetle

2 Species ID Suggestions

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bee.jacbs
bee.jacbs 11 years ago
Fruit & Flower Chafers (scarab beetles) aka Green June Bug
Cotinis nitida - or another Cotinis spp. Metallic Copper & Green Beetle - Cotinis nitida - BugGuide.Net
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KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago
Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida Species Cotinis nitida - Green June Beetle - BugGuide.Net


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Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Nice spotting - especially like the third photo. Welcome to Project Noah!

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

I think the yellowish femurs identify this as C. nitida

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ChrisBurkhalter
Spotted by
ChrisBurkhalter

Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jul 2, 2012
Submitted on Jul 2, 2012

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