Wow, Thank you so much. I've spent the last 45 minutes searching and searching for this little sucker. I've looked at enough bugs pictures for one night. :( I knew sooner or later GardenWeb would come through.

So far....I've only found a few here and there on my tomatoes. I've never seen anything like this before.

Would like to know what they are and how much of an issue they may become. Hopefully someone can help us out.

Marc

It's hard to tell from the picture, but it does seem to look like a Tortoise Beetle. They come in all sorts of designs.

Do an image search on Google for "Tortoise Beetle" and you may find your specific one.

They are supposed to have some pictures of them on What's That Bug as well.

ah yes, it is a tortoise beetle of some kind...all tortoise beetles belong to the leaf beetle family, which feed on plant tissue. along with that and a few pics on a google search showing nice big holes on leaves next to them, i think prudence says REMOVE YA. Thanks.