May bug

/meɪ bəg/

Other forms: May bugs

Definitions of May bug

1. noun

   any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
   synonyms: May beetle, Melolontha melolontha, cockchafer

   type of:

   melolonthid beetle

   any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
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.
   synonyms: June beetle, June bug, May beetle

   types:

   figeater, green June beetle

   large greenish June beetle of southern United States

   type of:

   scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

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