Seed Beetles or bean weevils is the popular name for insects of the family Bruchidae (formerly Lariidae), order Coleoptera. They are mostly small, compact beetles measuring less than 5 mm in length and generally with the head produced into a short rostrum. The larvae develop in the fruits of leguminous plants, the adult female laying her eggs on pods ripening in the fields. The larvae hatch with well-developed legs, penetrate the pod, bore a hole into the seed and develop in that. The larvae first moult into a different legless larvae, before pupating and emerging from the harvested seeds as an adult beetle. Research Seed Beetles
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