I have never seen these before. They are shiny black, round and about 1/4 inch. Not baby bugs considering what they are doing (it doesn't look like a quilting bee).
My first thought was flea beetles but I have to admit, I've never seen a flea beetle but, they don't hop, they skitter and when really annoyed, fly.
From the description, I came up with white-margined burrower bug but, I live in the west and these bugs aren't eating mint seeds, they are sucking the life out of tomato fruits.
Luckily, they are only attacking 1 tomato plant in the middle of a whole row. I cut off the branch most of them were on and today, picked a couple more off tomato fruits. Anyone know what they might be?
For perspective, that is a 1 inch cherry tomato
