I'm in Lincoln CA, and my wife found some small bugs on the floor in the shop. The floor is concrete, and at first we thought maybe they were feeding on some sawdust on the floor, but I can't find them anywhere else in the shop. In the area we found them there were maybe 50 of them. They are up to the size of ordinary black ants, but their legs are much smaller. They squash easily, appear to be black or very dark brown, and kinda fuzzy. They are up to a little over 1/8" long, 1/32" or so wide, and thicker at one end than the other. Two little antennae at the narrower end. I thought at first they didn't have legs, but we looked at one under a magnifier, and can see little tiny legs on the under side at the narrower end. They also appear to have little pincers at the opposite end from the antennae, and they can jump an inch or two.
Any idea what these critters are?
--Steve