What causes hard white or colorless spots around the outside of my tomatoes?
This damage may be done by stinkbugs. These pests insert their mouthpart below the tomato skin and suck out the tomato sap. These empty cells create a hard, colorless spot. Stinkbugs do cause fruit to have a poor aesthetic quality, but the fruit is still edible. Whiteflies cause a similar disorder, but the colorless area is broader and more generalized. Other similar spots are known as ghost spots, cause unknown.
