True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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https://anic.csiro.au/insectfamilies/

True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)

Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

Water & Shore Bugs (several families)

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MazzV wrote:

3 hrs ago

Thanks Folks for your incorporated wisdom & considerations! Brief encounter though it was, I was well off the mark with this one! It all adds to the learning,

Cheers,

MazzV

Hemiptera (order)

YumiCallaway wrote:

3 hrs ago

Hey @NateKingsford, I second this isn't a spider, and can agree on Hemiptera. With a quick scan of recent sightings, @KylieWaldon 's echoes your sighting, noting similar appearance to a spider, and broadly similar build. Amorbus sp. (genus)

Thanks for the sighting @MazzV, we'll suggest Hemiptera under true bugs and the insect moderators can take it from there.

Hemiptera (order)

KylieWaldon wrote:

Yesterday

looks like a horror film - giant alien bug attacks! great pic. :)

Amorbus alternatus

clarehoneydove wrote:

14 Feb 2025

Family Berytidae is correct but not sure from there. https://www.plantbiosecuritydiagnostics.net.au/app/uploads/2020/07/Australian-Lygaeoidea-Heteroptera-of-Economic-Importance.pdf

Berytidae sp. (family)

clarehoneydove wrote:

14 Feb 2025

There is a nymph which seems to match on Alison's link above..

Diemenia rubromarginata