Well they're definitely not ladybug or lacewing eggs - that's for sure. I'm guessing a moth - which means caterpillars - but I may be wrong. It actually looks like some are either ready to hatch, or already hatching.

You can use Google Image to look up what various beneficial insect eggs look like...

Here is a link that might be useful: Google Image

Thanks carolb!

Someone has told me they are shield bugs (stink bugs?). Does that make them...bad? I've cut the leaf off and put it in a jar with a paper towel top for the time being.

I wonder if chickens eat them...

Did you know that there is a predatory stink bug that is beneficial ?
It likes to eat caterpillars , bugs and beetles that damage your plants .
And best of all , it eats the very damaging southern green stink bug .
That's the one that loves to chew on my okra and tomatoes .
If you go to these links , you will see photos .
There are variations of the adults so compare the photos in different links :

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in314
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in322

I could only figure out how to directly link one page at the bottom .
Is there a way to do more than one ?

Here is a link that might be useful: Predatory Stink Bug

My goodness, gatormomx2, you sure know how to complicate the issue. I did not know there is a good-guy stink bug. Fortunately, these don't look like the ones I cut in half recently. :(( Thanks for the heads up.

Sherry