melolonthid beetle

Types:

May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha, cockchafer

any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

Macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug, rose chafer

common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines

Type of:

scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

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