The dreaded dindymus versicolour - I think this is what it is - found this website to help:
http://gippslandgardener.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/the-dreaded-dindymus-versicolour/
Thank you for your help Oxyjack. I really don't want these creatures ruining our beautiful vegi patch. I will try and search under the Harelequin bug in google. Otherwise I will try our local council. Thanks to achmmad too. If anyone else out there knows how to control these awful things it would be much appreciated...I will post my findings here if I find any!!!
I found this information on the CSIRO site: "The Harlequin bug is a minor agricultural and garden pest which attacks a wide range of crop and ornamental plants, such as cotton, pome fruits, stone fruits, fig, grape, kurrajong, strawberry, vegetables, wisteria, dahlia and violet. When they are present in large numbers their feeding makes growing tips wilt or spoils fruit. Sometimes the bugs swarm on tree stumps and fences, and they may come into sheds and houses in large numbers." Unfortunately there isn't any information on how to control them.
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