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  • Mexican jumping beans In Mexican jumping bean

    …larvae of a small olethreutid moth (Laspeyresia salitans). The movements of the larvae feeding on the pulp within the seed, which are intensified by warmth, give the seed the familiar jumping movement.

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  • A codling moth larvae is pictured on a leaf. In olethreutid moth

    The larvae of the Mexican jumping bean moth (Laspeyresia saltitans) live inside the seeds of certain shrubs (Sebastiania), feeding on the kernels. Movement of the larvae make the seeds jump.

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