Green June Beetle

Or “Cotinis nitida.” Photo taken as we were checking in to our motel in Glasgow (Barren County), Kentucky where we were visiting with my brother and his boys and a cousin and her husband.

Confirmed at BugGuide as “Cotinis nitida” or “Green June Beetle”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/984958

1 year ago (“Flowers-‘squared’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-01
2 years ago (“Two-fer: Female ‘Macrocentrid’ on cone flower”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-01
3 years ago (“What sort of person am I?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-01

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