They are sucking insects, and wart-like growths appear on bean and pea pods where they feed. Light-colored spots and distorted growth may develop on tomatoes at the stink bug feeding site. Immature insects also cause damage. Adults are usually black to dark brown, yellowish, or straw-colored. They have feather-like wings.
Immature stages are usually whitish and have red eyes.
Thrips feed on plant tissues by puncturing the surface and then sucking the juices. Thrips may injure the blossoms of tomatoes during cool weather, causing either blossom shed or malformed fruit. Whiteflies Adult whiteflies are small, moth-like insects with white wings. The immature stages are attached to the underside of leaves. Part of the information included in the disease control portion of this publication was adapted from a University of Tennessee Cooperative Extension Service vegetable disease control guide.