thunderbolt beetle

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Etymology

Named in reference to the zigzag pattern on its back.

Noun

thunderbolt beetle(pluralthunderbolt beetles)

(dated)A long-horned beetle (Sarosesthes fulminans) whoselarvabores in the trunks ofoakandchestnuttrees.

References

Sarosestheson Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sarosesthes fulminanson Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Clytinion Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“thunderbolt”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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