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June beetle

noun

Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.. Synonyms: June bug, May beetle, May bug.

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"June beetle" Quotes from Famous Books

... innocence. If she had changed at all, it was that, since her marriage to the silent Algernon, she had become even more talkative than she had been in her girlhood. Her vivacity was as disturbing as the incessant buzzing of a June beetle. ...

— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow

Words linked to "June beetle" : scarabaean, green June beetle, May beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle, figeater