Eucalyptus Bug
Adult + Instar
Adelaide Hills
Eucalyptus Tip Wilter
S1, Instar, dorsal
 
                      
Eucalyptus Bug (Amorbus obscuricornis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Leaf Footed Bug (Coreoidea, Coreidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Eucalyptus Bug (Amorbus obscuricornis)
This Photo:     Instar shedding

Thank you Anthony Paul for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
When we asked Danilo Lüdke about gender differences with Amorbus in general, he said "Indeed there's a distinct dimorphism. Males differ from females in having the hind femora much more thickened, the spines more produced, and the shape of the tip of the abdomen is different, females are also bigger."

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.