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.
