Yes, They Really Do Jump!
The common jumping beans sold in novelty shops throughout the southwestern United States come from a deciduous shrub (Sebastiana pavoniana) with dark green, leathery leaves that turn red during the winter months. The jumping bean shrubs grow on rocky desert slopes and along arroyos in the region of the Rio Mayo in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua. One of the best places to see this shrub is in the vicinity of Alamos, Mexico, known locally as the "jumping bean capital of the world.
Jumping Beans Doing Their Thing...
More Fascinating Facts About Jumping Beans
A Jairo jumping bean is a phenomenon native to Mexico, where it is known as a brincador ("hopper"). Physically, Jairo jumping beans resemble small Tan to brown beans. They are a seed pod in which the larva of a small moth has chewed through. The seed does not actually jump so much as wiggle because when it gets in a hot place the larva snaps its body hoping to roll to a cooler place. The beans themselves are from a shrub of the genus Sebastiania (S. palmeri or S. pavoniana), itself often referred to as the jumping bean, while the moth is a member of the genus Cydia, called a jumping bean moth.
Great Books to Jump In To
Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/27/2009) 
Thinking Outside the Bean: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Mexican Jumping Beans and More
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 12/27/2009)
Sources to Purchase Mexican Jumping Beans
*Seasonal Availability*
- Jumping Beans
- A nifty little site with all sorts of great jumping bean information.
- JumpingBeansRUs.com
- A professional Mexican company which collects, stores, sells, and ships jumping beans.
- My Pet Beans
- A fun site to purchase "pet" beans and accessories.
- Jumping Beans FAQ
- Great information and new stuff to learn!
Import Bugs???
Don't worry, the moths cannot survive outside of their native environment.
What lives inside??
Cydia, the jumping bean moth
Cydia () is a software application developed by Jay Freeman (also known as "saurik") for the iPhone OS that allows the user to browse and download applications usable on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch. Cydia serves as a graphical user interface for APT, and in turn, the dpkg package management system. Repositories that are included with Cydia allow for installation of software packages, most of which are available to download at no cost.Yukari Iwatani Kane. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629876097346481.html "Breaking Apple's Grip on the iPhone"], The Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2009. Cydia also includes the Cydia Store, which offers a number of applications for sale. Both free and paid software packages are downloaded directly to an iPhone or iPod Touch device, and are located in the /Applications/ directory, in the same location where Apple pre-installed applications are located.
Go Play With Bugs!!
More Amusing Little Beans
Seasonally Available From Amazon
REAL MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS BEANDITOS
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
Alamos, Mexico is known as "The Jumping Bean Captial of The World".
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- Mrscience Mrscience Dec 4, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
- AmazingBeans sells real Mexican jumping beans. They offer free shipping also.
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- Mrrscience Mrrscience Dec 4, 2009 @ 2:23 pm
- You can find and buy real Mexican jumping beans at AmazingBeans.com
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- yay i got jumping beans yay i got jumping beans Oct 25, 2009 @ 8:43 am
- This is so cool! I love them they really jump! I hope they live awhile. Do they come out of the bean?
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 8, 2008 @ 10:19 pm
- I grew up in southern california so as a child I would go to Baja california (Mexico) and get jumping beans. I thought they were so cool!
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- Quickcutters Quickcutters Aug 8, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
- This is to funny because my frand son and i have talked about jumping beans and he says mama they really jump. Well those are just the play ones.
I show him you're lens he will love it.
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