please help identify these garden bugs

[barrysumpter]

please help identify these garden bugs

Bug 1.jpegbug 2.jpeg

My lady tells me these are horrendous.
I've found quite a few.
But don't know enough about them to call it an infestation.

[droog]

Milkweed Bug ?
Spilostethus pacificus (Milkweed bug) - Canberra & Southern Tablelands

[mic-d]

Harlequin bug Dindymus versicolor

[419]

Harlequin bug

Agree.

Colours in first photo were a bit confusing but second photo is definitely a harlequin bug.

Used to be very common in Melbourne when I was a kid in the 1950s but very rarely seen where I've been in north east Melbourne suburbs over last 40 odd years.

[barrysumpter]

Thanks to all who replied.
The first pic is two mating.
I've seen 100's mating.
And only one of the Harlequin.

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Finally:
Pyrrhocoroidea - Wikipedia
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Other than soap and water, I Can't seem to find a pesticide that specifically mentions Pyrrhocoroidea.

[woodPixel]

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[barrysumpter]

LOL!
Definitely.
Flame Thrower has been considered.

But have settled on a Proton Pack.

One for me
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And one for each of my team.
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Who ya gonna call!