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May bug
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Noun1.May bug - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adultMay bug - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
cockchafer, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha
melolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
genus Melolontha, Melolontha - a genus of Melolonthidae
2.May bug - any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late springMay bug - any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
June beetle, June bug, May beetle
scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
figeater, green June beetle - large greenish June beetle of southern United States
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We've also had some interesting times with peacocks and one time we had an influx of May Bugs (a harmless hornet-type buzzer who like to dive bomb Shakesperian actors, apparently).
Culture: From the Heart; Attention-seeking peacocks, biblical storms ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Each May, the arrival of the May bugs brings this incident to mind, and I often think of a well-known television commercial as I try to picture the lady with the empty tub in her hand exclaiming: ``I can't believe it's not a Colorado beetle
The darling bugs of May; Stuart Wilkinson on little visitors that ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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