Cotinis nitida
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| Cotinis nitida Linnaeus, 1764 |
Cotinis nitida, also known as the June bug (a misnomer) or Green June beetle and several other local variants, is a beetle of the family of the dung beetles, the Scarabaeidae. It occurs in the southeastern part of the United States. It is not easily distinguished from the related southwestern species, Cotinis mutabilis.

