lamellicorn beetle

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scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes

stag beetle

a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers

dung beetle

any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs

June beetle, June bug, May beetle, May bug

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

Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica

small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America

Anomala orientalis, Asiatic beetle, Oriental beetle

introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses

rhinoceros beetle

any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts

melolonthid beetle

any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae

Cetonia aurata, rose beetle, rose chafer

a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses

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beetle

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings