Planted corn and jalapeños today

It is a plant bug of some kind. They're hard to tell apart, but they're all in the business of sucking sap/fluid from plants and leaves. They specialize like most insects, so it isn't necessarily after anything in your garden. They also aren't much harm unless they show up in large numbers.

Maybe an Assassin Bug, or that is what my wife (no pics) calls them. Looks like a juvenile.

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20x10 overall size. Will try orienting each year differently. Sun to the left

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My backyard "Victory Garden" is 20 wide by 50 long. I have one trellis all the way on the right that is 20 ft. long by 6 ft. tall, another trellis in a separate bed along the side of a shed that is 18 ft. long by 6 ft. tall and a raised bed that is 4 ft. wide by 12 ft. long and 1 ft. deep.

In the main garden I pull just 5 rows 50 ft. long and that gives me room to navigate the tiller between rows to take care of any weeds that crop up and keep the soil loose and be able to easily access the plants, and even then it still gets crowded.

The sun rises on the back end and runs the length of the garden so it gets full sun almost all day long.