Bruchus

Several species of Bruchus are held pests of pulses and may be brought into the store where they cannot develop.

7. Important pests in storage 1996

Especially used to control Bruchus maculatus in cowpeas.

4. Farm and village level storage 1996

Wanting the tamarisk, we miss our little _Curculio_, who thrives upon its leaves; and the _Bruchus pisi_, for want of peas, is frequently caught in the bean-tops.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various

So far, nothing abnormal; the Bruchus does not wander beyond the limits of the botanical family _Phaseolus_.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

It is there that we ought to keep a watch on the misdeeds of the Bruchus, were it not for the fact that we are nearly always weaponless when it comes to fighting an insect.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Weevils -- _Bruchus pisi_ and _Bruchus lenti_ -- are classed as Bruchidæ, in the series of Phytophaga.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Nothing outside the bean family is of any use to the Bruchus.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

All that week, at favourable hours, I inspect the rows of beans pod by pod, flower by flower; but never a Bruchus do I see, nor even an egg.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

But it does not do so; imprisoned in my bottles together with a handful of wheat, barley, rice, or maize, the Bruchus invariably perished and left no offspring.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Bruchus has emerged, leaving a large round hole of exit, the magnifying-glass will show a variable number of fine reddish punctuations, perforated in the centre.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869