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.

Our Bibliography of Callosobruchus Research in Ecology and Evolution was revised in November 2008. It now contains 286 references and includes a searchable database.

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

Applications for the Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network 2009 Workshop are now closed. Interested in participating in the May 2010 Workshop? Sign-up for e-mail notification when applications for the 2010 Workshop begin.

Attend our hands-on workshop on Inducing Evolution in Bean Beetles at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education, June 9-13, 2009, at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE.

Last Updated: 24 January 2009

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