June beetle

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title: "June beetle" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public topic_path: "uncategorized" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_beetle" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

June beetle is the common name for several scarab beetles that appear around June in temperate parts of North America: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Green_june_beetle2.jpg" caption="''[[Cotinis nitida]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Ten-Line-June-Beetle-2.JPG" caption="''[[Polyphylla decemlineata]]''"] ::

In subfamily Cetoniinae:

Cotinis nitida (Green June beetle) of the southeastern United States
Cotinis mutabilis (Figeater beetle) of the western and southwestern United States

In subfamily Melolonthinae:

Amphimallon solstitiale (European June beetle, summer chafer) of Europe (and other species of Amphimallon )
Melolontha (cockchafers or May bugs) of Europe
Phyllophaga (May beetles) of the Americas
Polyphylla decemlineata (Ten-lined June beetle) of the western United States and Canada.
Rhizotrogus marginipes (and other species of Rhizotrogus )

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