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Definition of May bug
1. Noun. Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.
Generic synonyms: Melolonthid Beetle
Group relationships: Genus Melolontha, Melolontha
2. Noun. Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc..
Generic synonyms: Scarabaean, Scarabaeid, Scarabaeid Beetle
Specialized synonyms: Figeater, Green June Beetle
Definition of May bug
1. Noun. cockchafer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of May Bug
Literary usage of May bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"... those who have the care of such, as also on the part of the owners, to see
that they are kept as free from disease and pests as possible. THE may bug. ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1893)
"THE may bug. ANNETTE VOX BRANDIS. THE asylum in Franco so dark and cold, 'Twould
drive a sane mind mad with fear To see in corners damp with mould Roaches ..."
3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1850)
"The may bug or Brown Beetle, (Melolontha.) By JW TUTTLE, Pittsburgh, ... The May
Bug commences its depredations about the time the buds begin to open, ..."
4. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"This insect is commonly called the may bug, though the name May beetle will be
a more definite and correct designation for it.. The custom of calling almost ..."
5. The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and by G. Kauschinger, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst (1893)
"The Cockchafer, May-beetle, or May-bug, Melolontha vulgaris. As a beetle, this
insect's attacks are almost exclusively confined to broad-leaved species of ..."
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