Agonoscelis rutila ( Horehound Bug)

Adults 9.5-12.0 mm.
Early September 2011 (1st), and Early May 2012 (2nd)
Hobart/nipaluna
Feeding on garden Sage and Lambs Ears (Stachys byzantina).
 

Mating Pair
Early March 2020
Binalong Bay
On Leonotis
. 

First instar nymphs
Images by Margaret Elphinstone, used with permission.
 

Second instar nymphs
Early March 2011
Hobart/nipaluna

Third instar neonide
Early April 2019
Hobart/nipaluna

Fourth instar nymph
Mid April 2013
Hobart/nipaluna

Fourth instar neonide
Early April 2019
Hobart/nipaluna
Different individuals
. 

Fifth instar neonides
Early April 2019
Hobart/nipaluna
Different individuals
. 

Late December 2012
Hobart/nipaluna

Late September 2013
Hobart/nipaluna

Late December 2015
Hobart/nipaluna
 

Early April 2018
Hobart/nipaluna
         

Early April 2019
Hobart/nipaluna
.