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Meanings of June beetle in English

Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

        Usage of June beetle in English
        1
        Her vivacity was as disturbing as the incessant buzzing of a June beetle.
        Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
        2
        Well, then, what right have I, an entire stranger, to come blundering along like a June beetle and disturb your rest?
        A Day of Fate
        3
        I lighted my lamp, and, with the June beetles butting at my head, I wrote all night.
        McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
        4
        If you have half the horror of those great June beetles that she has, you will know how she jumped.
        Men, Women, and Ghosts
        5
        On the screens of the open windows the June beetles knock their heads, like theologues who wish they could get in.
        McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
        6
        June beetles, coloured like emeralds, spun loudly through the stillness, which had in it an almost human quality of hushed and expectant waiting.
        The Miller Of Old Church