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J is for... Jumping Bean

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The Jumping Bean isn't magic, a caterpillar actually lives inside the bean. When some caterpillars hatch out of their eggs they find a bean (like the Mexican bean)and eat out the insides of the bean. After the insides of the bean are all gone the caterpillar builds a cocoon. The caterpillar will live in the bean until it beacomes a butterfly.

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Last updated: Aug. 31, 2000