Species Halticus bractatus - Garden Fleahopper

Body length: 1.5 to 2.25 mm (1)

This is a minute black insect with the first antennal segment, frequently the central part of the second and the base of the third antennal segments pale. Patches of silvery scale-like hairs are present on the front wing. The sexes are strongly dimorphic, females having the wings entirely thickened and ovoid so that they resemble small flea beetles, while the males have long normally constructed wings. (1)

Winter is spent in the egg stage in colder regions or as adults in warmer areas.

See INFO at the Halticus genus level

Black rounded female Halticus bractatus resembles Halticus intermedius but the latter is bigger and has a clavus. Slater provide good illustrations of both species. (1)

How to Know the True Bugs (1)

See references at the genus level