scarabaean

1. Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes (synset 102174521)
   is a type of: lamellicorn beetle - beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments
   subtypes:

   • dung beetle - any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
   • june beetle, june bug, may beetle, may bug - any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
   • japanese beetle, popillia japonica - small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America
   • anomala orientalis, asiatic beetle, oriental beetle - introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
   • rhinoceros beetle - any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts
   • melolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
   • cetonia aurata, rose beetle, rose chafer - a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
   belongs to: family scarabaeidae, scarabaeidae - scarab or dung beetles
   same as: scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

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