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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Spined Acacia Shield Bug (Alcaeus varicornis)
	This Photo:	Posterior
	Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very similar in appearance to A. lignicolor, but larger insects along with heavier/longer spines on the side of the pronotum. The scutellar spine (the body armour at the back of the body where the wings start, that curls up slightly and has the pale patch on it) appears to be thicker with these that A. lignicolor.
	Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Jan-2013
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.