Subject: green beetle
Geographic location of the bug: Indianapolis, IN
Date: 09/04/2017
Time: 07:53 PM EDT
Found this pretty green beetle outside today. It was fairly big, more than an inch long
How you want your letter signed: Sarah H
Dear Sarah,
Though it is theoretically a Fruit and Flower Chafer, this metallic green beauty, Cotinis nitida, is commonly called a Green June Beetle. According to BugGuide, their food is: “Adults: Pollen; ripening fruits, especially peaches; and the fruit and leaves of many shrubs. Larvae: roots of many plants including: grasses, alfalfa, vegetables, tobacco, and ornamental plants.”