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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Cotinis » Green Fig Beetle (Cotinis mutabilis)
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Cotinis on Lantana - Cotinis mutabilis
Copyright © 2008 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Cotinis on Lantana - Cotinis mutabilis
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
September 7, 2007
Not sure which Cotinis would be found this far south; Mike Quinn's list for Cameron County, next door to Hidalgo, lists no species from this genus (and on a list of over 1000 species, you'd think a conspicuous monster like this would have been noticed!). This one was on Texas Lantana (L. horrida).

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 13 September, 2008 - 3:25pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from Cotinis. Ed Riley agreed with Philip. He added "hind femora should be dark metallic green, not brown overlain with greenish luster". Looks about right...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 15 September, 2008 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

three sp.
See pg. 11 of Texas List - this is probably C. mutabilis
… Phillip Harpootlian, 13 September, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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