Summary ²

Cotinis nitida, commonly known as the June bug or June beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It occurs in the eastern United States, where it is most abundant in the south. It is not easily distinguished from the related southwestern species, Cotinis mutabilis.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinis_nitida

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