Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult - cockchafer, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha
Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc. - June beetle, June bug, May beetle
Derived forms: May bugs
Type of: melolonthid beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle