June-bug

I hastily run over all the advantages of London and Paris and Tadmor in the wilderness, and say their town combines all their charms and none of their faults—which is swallowed even as a turkey gobbles a June-bug.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

I hastily run over all the advantages of London and Paris and Tadmor in the wilderness, and say their town combines all their charms and none of their faults—which is swallowed even as a turkey gobbles a June-bug.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

Democrat flaks jump on this like ducks on a June-bug, and in the process themselves reproduce the sick militarism of this culture that automatically valorizes anyone who wears a uniform.

Stan Goff: Limbaugh 2008

The flitting honey-bee, the wheeling June-bug, the fluttering breeze, the silvery pulse-beat of the dashing brook sounded in his ear notes of its swelling music.

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

June-bug and hunted high and low for Christy's note.

Betty Wales Senior Margaret Warde

I stared reflectively at a June-bug on the window-sill.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various

"Who wants to know about a June-bug?" exclaimed Jimmie, much to the discomfiture of the guide, who knew a great deal about moose and deer and bears and beavers, even if he didn't know much about a June-bug.

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

The June-bug has wing covers, too, but it never keeps its best wings tucked in.

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

There are several facts about a June-bug that are interesting.

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

Page 135 under the spell of the Boston aluminados of 1885, which is as if one were to take fire from a June-bug.

Prejudices : first series, 1919