Jumping Beans - are made to jump by the action of little insects inside them. The beans are the long seed of certain Mexican shrubs and contain the larvae or caterpillars of a small species of moth with the large scientific name of Carpocapsa saltitans. The second of these two Latin words means jumping. The larvae are stirred into movement by warmth, and it is this activity that makes the beans jump.
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