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Definition of Rose bug
1. Noun. Common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines.
Generic synonyms: Melolonthid Beetle
Group relationships: Genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Bug
Literary usage of Rose bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"In the United States the thrips, rose bug, aphis, acd the red spider are its
pests; but strong solutions of soap, mixed with soft water of the temperature ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"... Professor Meehan states that it checks the spread of the rose-bug, to which
the tree is destructive. In Norway hardy to latitude 63° 26' N. ..."
3. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers ; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1859)
"Watertown, June \9th, 1841." The rose bug. — " The Rose-chafer, or Rose-bug, as
it is more commonly and incorrectly called, is also a diurnal insect. ..."
4. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists by Peter Henderson (1911)
"All the ordinary remedies seem to fall harmlessly on the rose bug, and if not
destroyed by hand its ravages cannot be stopped, unless our feathered friends ..."
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