1. (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

• cockchafer
• may beetle
• 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.

• june beetle
• june bug
• may beetle

1. (noun) any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

• figeater
• green june beetle

1. (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

• genus melolontha
• melolontha

1. (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

• melolonthid beetle

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.

• scarabaean
• scarabaeid
• scarabaeid beetle