Spined Predatory Shield Bug
Adult, dorsal
Ellura
Spined Predatory Shield Bug
Adult, anterior
 
                      
Spined Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia schellenbergii)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spined Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia schellenbergii)
This Photo:     Adult, profile
Other name: Schellenberg's Soldier Bug

Thank you LifeIsAmazing & Simon Ong for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~8mm long.
As the common name suggests it has spines (that lift up and back from the shoulders).
It preys on & consumes insect larvae.

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