Critter ID

Saw a bunch of these guys on a cucumber plant only 5' from the pepper plants. Kinda hard to tell from the pic, but they have a little white plum of fuz sticking out of the back of them. 
 
This is the first time I have seen them and the plant doesn't look harmed at all, at least for now. 
 
Pics aren't the best, but I don't have a macro lens so this is the best I could do. I'm hoping the white plume on their butt gives them away. 
 
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Don't know what they are. I've seen one my self on my fav reaper. I'm willing to bet they fed like aphids and the fluf is excreated to bribe ants to protect them.
 
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