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)

Welcome to the Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network home page. This section of www.beanbeetles.org is dedicated to providing a forum for faculty teams developing new inquiry-based studies with bean beetles (seed beetles), Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), in undergraduate laboratory courses.

The navigation links on the left may be used to access all publicly available content on www.beanbeetles.org including our classroom tested laboratory protocols.

Learn more about the Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network and opportunities to join future Network workshops. Applications for the June 2010 Workshop are now closed.

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

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Last Updated: 6 January 2010

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