The insect can be seen in most habitat types, from urban areas to the coastal heath, except for the desert.

The legs are long and the shoulders of the pronotum project into short spines in adults and older nymphs.

The species is polyphagous, and has been recorded feeding on a variety of native and introduced plants such as eucalypts, wattles, orchard trees such as citrus, and cultivated crops including grape, pawpaw, cowpea, tomato, beans, and green gram.

Although it is a minor pest of citrus and wattles it is considered a helpful biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.

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