Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Giant Scale Insect (Icerya acaciae) on Gold Dust Wattle at Woodlands Historic Park
Giant Scale Insect on Gold Dust Wattle, late Nov. (Andrew Allen) Also seen on Hedge Wattle and likely to be seen on other Wattle species in the park.

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 Monophlebidae - Giant Scale Insects, 19 named species in Australia
Genus Icerya
Species Icerya acaciae