Wordpress get posts between date range using a date meta field

I have a post type that uses a custom meta field called start_date. I want to be able to get all posts that have a start_date between date1 and date2. I have been able to figure out how to get posts before or after a date using wp_query by declaring the query type as "DATE".

$queryargs = array('meta_key' => 'start_date', 'meta_value' => "2016-06-01", 'meta_compare' => '>', 'type' => 'DATE','posts_per_page' => $instance['pastlimit']);

This pulls posts with a start_date after the 1st, but i also want to make it limit dates that dont occur after the 1st of the next month. I cant add the same args again as they dont specify the difference in the constraint. Is it possible to alter the query i have to get posts between a date range.

via Chebli Mohamed