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Big Beetle [Cotinis nitida?] ID Request - Cotinis nitida
Copyright © 2010 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Big Beetle [Cotinis nitida?] ID Request - Cotinis nitida
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2010
I ran into these (quite literally) several times today in several different places.

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Big Beetle [Cotinis nitida?] ID Request - Cotinis nitida Big Beetle [Cotinis nitida?] ID Request - Cotinis nitida Big Beetle [Cotinis nitida?] ID Request - Cotinis nitida
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 13 July, 2010 - 11:07pm

Your ID's good, Thom.
Nice shot. I have a dark-haired friend, and the western equivalents of your beetle are always trying to settle atop her.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 July, 2010 - 1:02am

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