These data were collected by Larry Blumer Beetles were reared on black-eyed peas and garbanzo beans. Beetles were from the LB strain and adapted to their host bean for many generations. Beetles were Beetles were adults. Beetles were surface-sterilized. Beetles were extracted with QIAGEN DNA-Easy kits. Sequences are for the v3-v4 region. MiSeq sequencing was done by CD-Genomics. For more information, contact Larry Blumer at lblumer@morehouse.edu