Brightly coloured Ground Shield Bugs (Choerocoris paganus) are livening up the large Hop Bush (Dodonea viscosa) in MCMC's front garden in East Brunswick. To find out more about these bugs, which have a preference for Hop Bushes, click here (external link). Hop Bush has been extensively planted in revegetation plots along Merri Creek and makes a great garden plant.

Photo of a mature female (Brian Bainbridge, October 2008).