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Mean Ugly Bugs on my Tomatoes!

I believe a few weeks ago a post was put out about these bugs I'm now seeing
in my garden.  They're about 1 inch long, greasy grey and wedge shaped with an
orange "V" on their back.  Their legs are flat, like spatulas, or leaves.
They're bodies are relatively flat, too.  I believe they may be related to
stink bugs...I thought they were squash bugs, but after seeing a photo of one
they're definitely different.

Despite their horrid appearance and mean disposition, they don't seem to be
doing anything to my garden other than sitting on my tomatoes and scaring the
**** out of me when they fly in my face... I haven't seen any damage to
anything (I currently have squash, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant,
swiss chard, and cattle beans).  Does anybody know what these guys are and are
they potential pests I should really be worried about?  Or should I just live
with them?  I hate to spray poison, it really goes against my core to poison
living things, pests or not.  And I enjoy so many bees, spiders, ladybugs, and
mantises it breaks my heart to think I might kill them... but these nasty bugs
are reproducing and I don't know what to do.  Help please!  All ideas and
thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Julie Sasser
Central TX Zone 8
marcesent@msn.com

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