| 单词 | june beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJune beetle June beetle n. now chiefly North American any of various, mainly North American chafers which appear in early summer, many of which are pests of crops; esp. (a) a brown or brownish-black chafer of the large genus Phyllophaga (formerly Lachnosterna), found throughout North America (also called June bug, May beetle); (b) (more fully green June beetle) a green and brown chafer of the genus Cotinis, of the southern U.S. (also called June bug); (c) a striped chafer of the genus Polyphylla. ΚΠ 1856 H. Mayhew Rhine I. v. 196 The hills are ‘shot’..—like a June-beetle's back—with many an emerald tint. 1866 E. S. Phelps in Harper's Mag. May 789/1 Whirr! buzz! swosh! came something through the window into the lamp... Keturah jumped. If you have half the horror of those great June beetles that she has you will know how she jumped. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 288 An American grub, the young of the green June beetle or fig-eater (Cotinis nitida )..is of considerable agricultural importance. 1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) ix. 504 The adults [of Phyllophaga or Lachnosterna species] are the well-known brown or brownish-black June beetles, May beetles, or ‘daw bugs’. About 200 species are known. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 433 Lined June Beetle: Polyphylla crinita... Pacific coast, from California to British Columbia... The Ten-lined June Beetle, P. decemlineata, is eastern and western in distribution. 2003 Northeastern Naturalist 10 99 Scarab beetles, particularly June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), are known to be widely abundant in spring and early summer when they emerge from the soil. < as lemmas |
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