Mexican Jumping Beans
What are Mexican Jumping Beans?
Mexican jumping beans are seeds which have been settled by moth larvae. The name “bean” is a bit of a misnomer, as Mexican jumping beans are really individual carpels or parts of the seeds of shrubs from the genus Sebastiana. The beans themselves are from a shrub of the genus Sebastiana, itself often referred to as the jumping bean, while the Jumping Bean Moth is a member of the large genus Cydia
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A Mexican jumping bean or Jairo jumping bean is a development native to Mexico, where it is known as a brincador. Jumping beans are still widely available for sale in the United States. In the UK, they were a common novelty item in the 1950s. Physically, Jairo jumping beans resemble small tan to brown beans.
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