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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

... good condition for strawberries. Instead of leaving this land idle, or a place for weeds to grow and seed, it can be deeply forked or plowed, and enriched, as has been explained. Even in July, potted plants may be bought, and unless the ground is full of the larvae of the June beetle, or the plants are treated with utter neglect, not one in a hundred will fail. Say the plants cost us two and a half cents each by the time they are planted, instead of one half to one cent as in the spring, is there not a ...

— Success With Small Fruits • E. P. Roe

... and gone out, closing the door after her. For a minute I lay perfectly motionless, too weak for thought. Then opening my eyes with an effort, I stared straight up at the white ceiling, against which a green June beetle was knocking with a persistent, buzzing sound that seemed an accompaniment to the crooning lullaby of ...

— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow

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