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Green June Beetle

Cotinis nitida

Photo by Watson5
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Field Notes

Description:

Inch long flying beetle. Beautiful metallic green thorax. The wings were striped tan. The head was also metallic green. Sounded like a loud bee buzzing by when I initially heard it.

Habitat:

These beetles are found from Maine to Georgia and as far West as California. This beetle was found in our garden in Grand Island, Nebraska at 565 masl

Notes:

This is my first spotting. If anyone can confirm the classification of this beetle I would appreciate the help.

Reference Links:

Cotinis nitida - Wikipedia, Green June Beetle

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Watson5
Thank you! We're excited to get started.
Tukup
Nice first spotting Watson5. I look forward to many more :-) Thanks for sharing and welcome to PN.
Watson5
Thank you for the welcome and confirmation of the bug identification! Nice to know we're on the right track here. We're looking forward to adding more spottings.
Mark Ridgway
Looks right to me and known range is good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinis_nitida https://bugguide.net/node/view/520/data
Machi
Based on location and hind leg coloration I think you have the correct ID. It is possible that it is Cotinis mutabilis, but I think based on location and features nitida is more likely. See identification notes here https://bugguide.net/node/view/520 and here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/29926
Michael
Hi Watson5, welcome to Project Noah! We shared this spotting in one of our working groups for PN. Expect some feedback soon! :)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Hello Watson5 and welcome to the Project Noah community! Project Noah is a tool for people to learn about wildlife, share wildlife spottings, build nature journals and engage in citizen science. Here you will find a friendly community of people passionate about wildlife and conservation. We are thrilled for you to join Project Noah. We hope you enjoy our website and community as much as us! Enjoy yourself, learn, share and I will see you around :)

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