June bug

plural June bugs · alternative Junebug · alternative junebug

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