<p class="Heading-3-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 13.33px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Strong-C" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Culturing Bean Beetles/Weevils</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="Body-Text-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.33px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Body-Text-C" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">(</span><span class="Body-Text-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Callosobruchus maculatus</span><span class="Body-Text-C" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">)</span></strong></span> </span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span class="Strong-C0" style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bean beetles are extremely easy to culture. Their larger size and prolific production make them a great alternative to D. Hydei.</span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">1) Place ~2 inches black eyed beans in the bottom of a </span><span class="Hyperlink-C" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="color: #1e7ec8; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" href="https://store.frogsnthings.com/32-oz-disposable-insect-culture-containers.html">32 oz Insect Culture Container</a></span><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span class="Strong-C0" style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">2) Add ~30 beetles.</span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Normal-C1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">• </span><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">No water or food (other than the beans) is needed!!</span></span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Normal-C1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">• </span><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Beetles will lay eggs on beans. Once eggs hatch, larva will bore through beans and emerge as adults in ~ 2 months. Adults do not eat.</span></span></p>
<p class="Normal-_Web_-P" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;"><span style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Normal-C1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">• </span><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">A simple way to dispense beetles for feeding frogs: Remove the paper mesh from the lid of a </span><span class="Hyperlink-C" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="color: #1e7ec8; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" href="https://store.frogsnthings.com/32-oz-disposable-insect-culture-containers.html">32 oz Insect Culture Container</a></span></span><span class="Strong-C0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #008000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">. Cover the holes using ¼ inch wire mesh. Put this lid on a culture from which you want to feed, and simply shake the beetles through the lid. The mesh will trap the beans in the container.</span> </span></p>