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Brown spikey bug (Treehopper nymph)

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Treehopper nymph
by: Moni

Donna
Your critter is the nymph or young of a treehopper. At that stage it is not always easy to know just which treehopper it is.
Only a few species are considered pests...like the keeled treehopper. But your photo does not look like that species....here is the keeled treehopper info - Read more: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/green-leaf-like-insect-keeled-treehopper-comments.html#ixzz1L9nE8AOn

One other item commonly mentioned with this insect is that there are usually ants around them. The ants feed on the "honeydew" or liquid droppings of the treehopper.
Most treehoppers are host-specific meaning they feed on only one type of plant. Since peas and tomatoes are from totally different families that does not fit. Treehoppers in general feed on trees and shrubs, and some on herbaceous plants. Also the main damage is caused when egg laying occurs from punctures damaging stems.

Will keep looking to see if I can find anything else but not sure that is your pest.
Perhaps you have a cutworm that has cut off your pea and tomato plants. They live just beneath the soil surface, and cut the plants off...sometimes eat them sometimes just cut them. Put paper towel "collars" around your other tomato plants. About 1" into the soil, 2" above the soil line.


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