yeah, that's what i thought, too. but over on the tomato forum, they id'd it as leaf-footed stink bug nymph. check out the color plates: http://ftsg.ifas.ufl.edu/LFBIBC.HTM i sprayed some pyrethrin and smushed the ones i could find. at this point in the game, the tomatoes are pretty unhealthy. if this does the trick, great. i'll count my blessings to have had fresh tomatoes from march to july. if not, hello fried green tomatoes and southern peas!

That is a praying mantis cocoon (wrong word, can't think of the right one). Anyway, praying mantis are good bugs. Only 1% of bugs are bad.

It's hard to tell from the picture. Almost looks like a fungus gnat which are from too wet of soil. It could be a spider mite too it's hard to tell You could try natural pest repellent with neem oil, soap, and water.

Thanks! I'll have a look online if I could find a photo of an instar plant bug nymph. Earlier, I did already find an image showing the nymph stages of the 'kissing bug', and my bug (at least to me) looks a lot like the 2nd nymphal instar: http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Health-officials-Deadly-kissing-bug-reported-in-Georgia-353134901.html But considering these should not normally exist in the UK (according to a quick google search, at least) I doubt it's the kissing bug! But still, there's a lot of similarities -- dark brown colour, tear-drop shaped body, fairly short antennae and dark orange legs. I think the biggest difference is, however, that kissing bugs don't have that anteanna-like snout that my bug has.