June beetle†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large beetle of the genus Phyllophaga, often in flight in great numbers on warm June nights.

Quotations

1920

". . . I'll put a June-bug down your neck if you don't let me stay here!"

1965

June bugs would come through the crack in the screen door and bump against the green metal cones that shaded the bulbs. . . .