May beetle

n 1: any of various large European beetles destructive to

vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: {cockchafer},

{May bug}, {May beetle}, {Melolontha melolontha}]

2: any of various large usually brown North American

leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed

on roots of grasses etc. [syn: {June beetle}, {June bug},

{May bug}, {May beetle}]