thunderbolt beetle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named in reference to the zigzag pattern on its back.
Noun
[edit]thunderbolt beetle (plural thunderbolt beetles)
- (dated) A long-horned beetle (Sarosesthes fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunks of oak and chestnut trees.
References
[edit]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.