A Labor-Saving Method for Rearing the Driedfruit Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) on Pinto Bean-Based Diet1

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Abstract
A rearing method for the dries fruit beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus (L.), is described. A common, pinto bean-based diet is used. Rearing time was saved and survival of the insects was increased by allowing neonate larvae to transfer themselves, and by collecting wandering larvae (rather than pupae) for distribution into rearing cups. This method effectively produces large numbers of insects of known physiological age.