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

Sarosthes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sarosesthes fulminans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clytini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
thunderbolt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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