Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Predatory Shield Bug (<i>Oechalia chellenbergii</i>) at Woodlands Historic Park
Predatory Shield, mid April. Length to about 15mm.
Predatory Shield Bug side view at Woodlands Historic Park
Side view
Predatory Shield Bug feeding at Woodlands Historic Park
Predatory Shield Bug sucking the life out of a tiny caterpillar, late January
Eggs and Nymphs of a Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia chellenbergii) at Woodlands Historic Park
Eggs and first instar Nymphs, early January

later Instar Nymphs

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Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Heteroptera - true bugs, 2806 named species in Australia
Superfamily PENTATOMOIDEA - Shield Bugs, 572 named species in Australia
Family PENTATOMIDAE - Stink bugs, 364 species in Australia
Genus Oechalia
Species Oechalia schellenbergii