June bug

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a June bug or ten-line June beetle, Polyphylla decemlineata

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June bug (plural June bugs)

  1. Any of several species of beetles:
    1. Phyllophaga, a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June beetles.
    2. green June beetle (Cotinis nitida), of the southeastern United States
    3. ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), of the western United States and Canada
    4. fig-eater or figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis), of the western and southwestern United States
    5. European chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis/Amphimallon majalis), a beetle native to continental Europe, but now also in North America

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