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Bean weevil

noun

Larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans. Synonym: Acanthoscelides obtectus.

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... with the bean weevil. The eggs are inserted by the insect while the beans are still green in the pods; subsequently the eggs hatch and the worm excavates the interior of the ripened beans. The beans can be protected after ripening by heating carefully to 130 ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... do with the bean weevil. The eggs are inserted by the insect while the beans are still green in the pods; subsequently the eggs hatch and the worm excavates the interior of the ripened beans. The beans can be protected after ripening by heating carefully to ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson