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pest Pest Damage ID help

Got these bugs all over the plants now, they do this thing where they jump to the other side of the stem they're sucking on so you can't see them. They're pretty hard to find. I read online somewhere they're bad for pepper plants, vineyards, and other stuff.
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Anyways, here's the damage I've been seeing on the plants. Not all plants have this damage, just the scotch bonnets, p. dreadie and reapers. They're all ferted with the same stuff, in similar soil. I don't think it was herbicide or anything, my neighbors don't spray and not all plants are affected. 
Thoughts? 
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Also been having some big chunks taken out of the leaves, I can't find any caterpillars. I think it might be slugs?
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Then other leaves are perfectly fine. I don't seem to see the sharpshooters on the okay plants.
Anybody know how to get rid of em? Thanks. 
 
Solution
peppamang said:
Got these bugs all over the plants now, they do this thing where they jump to the other side of the stem they're sucking on so you can't see them. They're pretty hard to find. I read online somewhere they're bad for pepper plants, vineyards, and other stuff.
glassy-winged-sharpshooter.jpg

my friend, you're in trouble. this is glassy winged sharpshooter (GWSS)
Top pic look like a leafhopper of some sort. Another sap sucker like aphids.
In my experience the bumpy leaves like that are normal for bonnets. I've got no idea why but MoA and P. Dreadie I've grown have been the same.
Bottom pics with the chunks cut out could be either slugs/snails, or maybe grasshoppers.
 
peppamang said:
Got these bugs all over the plants now, they do this thing where they jump to the other side of the stem they're sucking on so you can't see them. They're pretty hard to find. I read online somewhere they're bad for pepper plants, vineyards, and other stuff.
glassy-winged-sharpshooter.jpg

my friend, you're in trouble. this is glassy winged sharpshooter (GWSS)
 
Solution
lek said:
my friend, you're in trouble. this is glassy winged sharpshooter (GWSS)

What do you suggest I do? Ive never seen these things in my life... I can barely even find any information on them. All I know is that they are making my plants look like crap.
 
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