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This website is supported by a National Science Foundation Grant, DUE-0535903, to Morehouse College and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Eggs laid on the surface of a mung bean, Phaseolus aureus and a female bean beetle on mung bean (squares are mm) (photographs by L. Blumer)

This site is dedicated to providing information to faculty and staff on using bean beetles (seed beetles), Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), in undergraduate laboratory courses.

This site contains a downloadable laboratory methods handbook, a downloadable bibliography, links to researchers who study C. maculatus, classroom-tested undergraduate laboratory activities, and information on inquiry-based undergraduate laboratories.

Three new laboratory activities were added in January 2008.

Read about the experiences of faculty using bean beetles in undergraduate laboratories.

Attend our hands-on workshop on Intraspecfic Competition at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education, on June 2-7, 2008, at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario.

Last Updated: 19 January 2008

Copyright © by Lawrence S. Blumer and Christopher W. Beck, 2008. All rights reserved. The content of this site may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes, with proper acknowledgement of the source. All other uses are prohibited without prior written permission from the copyright holders.

Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessary reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, Emory University, or Morehouse College.