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Can I get some help with identifying this bug. It's either a stink bug, squash bug, or soldier bug. There's about 7 on my togarashi pepper. They seem to be confined to this individual plant despite having ample space to expand. If it helps. I'm in central Japan. I read that soldiers bugs are native to north America but I'm no expert.
For those who raise peppers. Are the black spots related to the bugs or are potentially caused by something else? They're only on this plant, not the others. The peppers are producing normally.
For control. If they are not soldier bugs I'll be killing them all. But I have a number of wasps that comb my garden daily.
