Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Parent Bug (Hiarchas species) on Juncus (white with red punctures, black patch in centre of scutellum) at Woodlands Historic Park
Parent Bug, mid October. Photographed on Juncus but may have been living on the ground before it got flooded out.

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 Hiarchas
Species ?