Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Eucalyptus Tip-wilter Bug (Amorbus alternatus) at Woodlands Historic Park
Eucalyptus Tip-wilter Bug, mid December. Length about 20mm. (photo Andrew Allen)

Nymphs

Squash Bugs go through five nymph stages (instars), shedding their skin after each stage. Only the adults have fully developed wings.

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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
Family COREIDAE - Crusader Bugs or Squash bugs, 92 species in Australia
Genus Amorbus
Species Amorbus alternatus