Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Wattle Tick Scale (Cryptes baccatus) on Blackwood stem at Woodlands Historic Park
Wattle Tick Scale on Blackwood stem, mid Sep. Also seen on Black Wattle.
Wattle Tick Scale (Cryptes baccatus) on Black Wattle stem at Woodlands Historic Park
Wattle Tick Scale (brown form) on Black Wattle stem, early Dec.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Sternorrhyncha - Plant-parasitic bugs, 1562 named species in Australia
Superfamily Coccoidea - Scale Insects, 853 named species in Australia
Family Coccidae - Tortoise scales, 86 named species in Australia
Genus Cryptes
Species Cryptes baccatus