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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Cotinis » Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)
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Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida
Copyright © 2005 Matthew Roth

Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida
Mountville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 3, 2005
Size: 2cm
A specimen from my collection.
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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 11 March, 2006 - 7:53am

Plaything
My mom showed me many years ago how to tie a sewing thread onto a hind leg of one of these beetles and toss it into the air so it would fly. Then, by holding the other end of the thread, the beetle would fly in a circle around me. I'm sure the beetle was not quite so amused.
… Jim McClarin, 11 March, 2006 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
Neat!
I never tried that. I did hear about doing that with a fly, but even a small thread is too heavy.
… Matthew Roth, 11 March, 2006 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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