June bug


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Synonyms for June bug

any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring

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All this led me to discover some 35 years ago that June bugs (also called May bugs in more southern parts because that's when they become active there) serve a purpose greater than just buzzing lit windows and porch lights.
The story behind June Bug's Grocery and the Cornfield Jook is nearly as interesting as the story itself.
You're thinking, "Since when did Mother Nature start outfitting her June bugs with that kind of horsepower?" Well, she didn't.
1, 011, 106 describes a machine similar to Curtiss's June Bug. It has three-axis control like the patented Wright Flyer, but improvements that included balance planes rather than wing warping for control around the roll axis.
You've heard the saying, "Like a duck on a June bug," haven't you?
Best of Show Public Relations was awarded to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Stephan & Brady for the "Catch the June Bug" campaign.
"His favorite saying was, `I'll be on that like a duck on a June bug.' "
Imagine you're posing on a beach somewhere exotic and slowly quaff your June Bug.
In his essay "Like a Duck on a June Bug: James Longstreet's Flank Attack, May 6, 1864." Robert E.
An ultralight tent like the Sierra Design's Flashlight II and North Face June Bug will weigh three pounds, nine ounces and four pounds, four ounces, respectively -- half the weight of a conventional tent.
Photography was provided by Nadia Huerta (cousin of the bride) with June Bug Company of Dallas, Texas.
Color preferences range from june bug, black-blue, black neon, to more natural variations like green-pumpkin.
bodies became heavy with sleep, or a lazy june bug would grace the