Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Brown Jewel Bug (<i>Coleotichus costatus</i>) at Woodlands Historic Park
Jewel Bug, mid March. Length 14-15mm male, 13-17mm female.
Brown Jewel Bug with iridescent green punctures (<i>Coleotichus costatus</i>) at Woodlands Historic Park
A darker form of the same Jewel Bug species.
Brown Jewel Bug underside (<i>Coleotichus costatus</i>) at Woodlands Historic Park
The underside is more colourful.
Brown Jewel Bug nymph (<i>Coleotichus costatus</i>) at Woodlands Historic Park
The nymphs do not bear much resemblance to the adults.

This species feeds on seeds of Wattle and Hop Bush while they are still on the tree. In the above photos they are on Black Wattle but were not feeding since there was no mature seed at the time

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 SCUTELLERIDAE - Jewel Bugs, 28 species in Australia
Genus Coleotichus
Species Coleotichus costatus