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Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida
Copyright © 2012 Gregg Lee

Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida
Lat 32.130574° Lon -97.854795°, Somervell County, Texas, USA
August 29, 2012
Size: 25mm appx
I added this because it shows color variation in natural setting. These were sumo wrestling for sap seeping from red oak. On the second image some had flown, but those remaining were the same in both images.

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Contributed by Gregg Lee on 30 August, 2012 - 7:30pm

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