thunderbolt beetle

English

Etymology

Named in reference to the zigzag pattern on its back.

Noun

thunderbolt beetle (plural thunderbolt beetles)

(dated) A long-horned beetle (Sarosesthes fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunks of oak and chestnut trees.

References

Sarosesthes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sarosesthes fulminans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Clytini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“thunderbolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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