Hello! I live in SE Louisiana and am growing some plants in containers outside, just for your reference.

This morning I was picking some pests off my plants (ugh, another story!) and noticed some of these pink spheres in the soil. This picture shows the ones in my thyme/oregano container. I also saw some in my tomato plants, but those were brown. I was able to "pop" them and pink/brown goo came out. Anyone know what these are, and how to get rid of them? Is it bad for my plants? I couldn't find too much info online, I guess my search is too vague.