Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Parent Bug at Woodlands Historic Park
Parent Bug feeding on a Yellow Box leaf, early April.
Parent Bug Nymph at Woodlands Historic Park
Nymph, mid January.

Bugs in this family are known as Parent Bugs because they protect their eggs and early stage nymphs.

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 ACANTHOSOMATIDAE - Parent Bugs, 48 species in Australia
Genus Anischys
Species ?