# June bug

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**June bug** or **Junebug** may refer to:

## Beetles

- *[Phyllophaga](/source/Phyllophaga)*, a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June bugs or June beetles
- [Green June beetle](/source/Green_June_beetle) (*Cotinis nitida*), of the southeastern United States
- [Ten-lined June beetle](/source/Ten-lined_June_beetle) (*Polyphylla decemlineata*), of the western United States and Canada
- [Figeater beetle](/source/Figeater_beetle) (*Cotinis mutabilis*), of the western and southwestern United States
- [European chafer](/source/European_chafer) (*Rhizotrogus majalis*/*Amphimallon majalis*), a beetle native to continental Europe, but now also in North America

## Entertainment

### Songs

- "Junebug", by [The B-52's](/source/The_B-52's)
- "Junebug", from the album *[Good Morning Spider](/source/Good_Morning_Spider)* by Sparklehorse
- "Junebug", by [Robert Francis](/source/Robert_Francis_(musician))
- "June Bug", from the album *[Stoner Witch](/source/Stoner_Witch)* by Melvins
- "Junebug", by [Stan Van Samang](/source/Stan_Van_Samang)
- "Junebug", by [Kate Ryan](/source/Kate_Ryan)
- "Junebug", from the album *[Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain](/source/Where_the_Butterflies_Go_in_the_Rain)* by [Raveena](/source/Raveena)
- ”Junebug”, by [The Wonder Years (band)](/source/The_Wonder_Years_(band))

### Fictional characters

- June Bug, wife of [Bucky Bug](/source/Bucky_Bug), a Disney animated character
- Junebug, a *[Funky Winkerbean](/source/Funky_Winkerbean)* comic strip character
- Junebug, a character in *[Kentucky Route Zero](/source/Kentucky_Route_Zero)*
- Junebug, a character in *[Girl Haven](/source/Girl_Haven)*

### Films

- [*Junebug* (film)](/source/Junebug_(film)), a 2005 film

## People

- A nickname for [Dale Earnhardt Jr.](/source/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr.), professional race car driver
- DJ Junebug (1958-1983), real name Jose Olmeda Jr., a pioneering DJ and the subject of the 2010 documentary *[White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug](/source/White_Lines_and_the_Fever:_The_Death_of_DJ_Junebug)*

## Other uses

- *[AEA June Bug](/source/AEA_June_Bug)*, an early aircraft designed by Glenn Curtiss and built in 1908
- "June Bug", a pre-production codename for the Commodore [Amiga 600](/source/Amiga_600) home computer, named after the B52's song, and released in March 1992

## See also

- [June bug epidemic](/source/Hysterical_contagion#June_bug_epidemic), a 1962 case of hysterical contagion in the United States

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