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June beetle in September? - Cotinis nitida

June beetle in September? - Cotinis nitida
Dixon, Phelps County, Missouri, USA
September 16, 2006
Size: ~1 inch
I know this is a June Beetle, but I didn't know they were still around in September. Is this common? Also, is there a way to determine male/female?

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June beetle in September? - Cotinis nitida June beetle in September? - Cotinis nitida June beetle in September? - Cotinis nitida

Moved
Moved from Cotinis.

Cotinis

 
September emergence?
Curiously the same thing happens with a rose chafer Cetonia aurata, the other side of the Atlantic, which is also sometimes seen at this time of the year. Our rose chafers emerge, officially, in the spring and mate soon afterwards, quite a bit earlier than June. So my guess is that even though they are tempted to come out in the autumn they will not be mating now; worth keeping an eye out for this though...
By the way, one should be able to tell if it is freshly emerged, the beetle will be covered with a lot more hairs, very aparent in this one...
Alas I can't sex them, wish that I could... Interesting covered scutellum, beautiful beetle, another jewel :-)

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