June bug

or Junebug

noun

1. Also called May beetle. any of several large, brown beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, of the scarab family, appearing in late spring and early summer.
2. green June beetle.
3. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. a firefly.

June bug

noun

1. any of various large brown North American scarabaeid beetles that are common in late spring and early summer, esp any of the genus Polyphylla Also calledMay beetleMay bug

Word History and Origins

Origin of June bug¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The more they eat the sooner they come out into the bright world as a June-bug or some other kind of beetle.

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The June-bug has wing covers, too, but it never keeps its best wings tucked in.

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If he'd had sense enough to doctor a June-bug he'd have seen that nothing can cure the lad.

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However, if you dont want to hear the story of the June-bug that worked the type-writer, I wont tell it.

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It always makes me think of a large June-bug dragged about by an accommodating crowd of fancy-colored flies!

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