Washerwoman
The washerwoman is a shiny beetle from Australia. It is mostly pale reddish brown with a greenish pink shimmer, a bit like a soap bubble. It belongs to a group of beetles called Christmas beetles.
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Fun facts
Its wing cases have rows of little black dents.
Its feet are black, but they still have a green shine.
Its tummy side is covered in short white hairs.
It can look quite different from one beetle to the next, so people often mix it up with other Christmas beetles.
It is common in and around the city of Sydney.
Most asked questions about Washerwoman
?How big is the washerwoman beetle?
Males are about 17 to 23 millimetres long. Females are a bit bigger, up to 25 millimetres.
?Where does the washerwoman beetle live?
In eastern Australia, from Queensland down to Victoria. It is common around Sydney.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anoplognathus porosus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Anoplognathus porosus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by tjeales. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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