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dung beetle
any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
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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.
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Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica
small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America
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Anomala orientalis, Asiatic beetle, Oriental beetle
introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
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rhinoceros beetle
any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts
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melolonthid beetle
any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
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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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Scarabaeus sacer, scarab, scarabaeus
scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
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tumblebug
any of various dung beetles
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dorbeetle
Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound
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figeater, green June beetle
large greenish June beetle of southern United States
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May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha, cockchafer
any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
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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
