picnic beetle

English

Etymology

So called because they are attracted to ripening fruit, beer, wine, etc. and thus may be a pest at picnics.

Noun

picnic beetle (plural picnic beetles)

  1. Any of various sap-feeding predatory beetles of the genus Glischrochilus.
    Synonyms: beer bug, picnic bug
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