Help identifying bugs on cucumbers

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Zucs and cucumbers were infested with cucumber beattles, which I have been squishing. But I now see these bugs starting to appear. Anyone know what they are? Are they beneficial or harmful or harmless?
 

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Squash bugs. I've heard in large numbers they can cause serious damage. I used to scrape their eggs off of my pumpkins to limit them.
 

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Squash/stink bugs. They are worse than the beetles. Either squish them, if you can catch them, or spray the bugs with Spinosad Soap. Look on the underside of the leaves for the eggs and either squish them or spray them with Neem Oil. The eggs will be tightly close together and about 20-50 in a group. Keep a close watch for the baby bugs. They look a lot like giant aphids, usually gray with red legs. Use the spinosad on them.
 

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