|A BIT ABOUT BUGS
This genus comprises five very small and almost entirely black bugs with rather broad hind femora. Halticus species are similar, but have longer antennae (> body length). The 2nd antennal segment in Chlamydatus is < head width.
In C. wilkinsoni the forewings are entirely black and the hairs on the hind tibia do not arise from large black spots. The hind femora are dark with a pale apex and the shiny forewings are sparsely covered in fine pale hairs. Adults are usually brachypterous, the wings reaching no further than the mid-abdomen.
Locally common in short grassland throughout Britain, but usually associated with upland areas apart from in the far north.
Compare C. pulicarius, C. evanescens, C. pullus, C. saltitans
Adult: June - September
Length 2-3 mm
|Adult: mid Wales (August 2013) ©Joe Botting
Jina hili lina wadudu watano wadogo sana na karibu wote ni weusi wenye femora ya nyuma pana. Spishi za Halticus ni sawa, lakini zina antennae ndefu (> urefu wa mwili). Sehemu ya pili ya antenna katika Chlamydatus ni < upana wa kichwa. Katika C. wilkinsoni mabawa ya mbele ni nyeusi kabisa na nywele kwenye tibia ya nyuma hazitokani na madoa makubwa meusi. Mifupa ya mguu ya nyuma ni nyeusi na yenye ncha nyeupe na mabawa ya mbele yenye kung'aa yana nywele nyembamba nyeupe. Kwa kawaida watu wazima huwa na mabawa ya aina ya brachypterous, na mabawa yao hayafikii mbali zaidi ya katikati ya tumbo. Mahali pa kawaida katika nyasi fupi kote Uingereza, lakini kwa kawaida kuhusishwa na maeneo ya milima mbali mbali kaskazini. C. pulicarius, C. evanescens, C. pullus, C. saltitans, watu wazima: Juni - Septemba urefu: 2 mm, watu wazima: katikati ya Wales (Agosti 2013).