well it is a beetle [order coleoptera] and possibly a Green june beetle. seems to eat ripe fruit.
have a look Paul and see what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinis_nitida

Is he coming for my tomatoes? They are still green! Hold on...I"ll take a look.

It's really difficult to narrow down from a photo, the figeater & the Japanese beetles look really similar to the June bugs? Possible that the larvae do more damage than the actual beetle though...

That's good to know. I don't mind if he eats the milkweed. I have that for the Monarch Butterflies, but I don't think they mind sharing.

how big was/is it? I'd love to know which beetle it is.

It's the June Bug. The leaf he's on is 8 inches, so he's a little over an inch. Never saw one of these before.

So Cotinis Nitida? Perhaps another example of climate change that you've rarely seen them so far North BG?

hmm good point. You could be right.