One species has proved more useful. "B. rufipes" was found inside jars of Spanish vetchling ("Lathyrus clymenus") seeds in the ruins of Akrotiri, a settlement on the island of Santorini destroyed in the Minoan eruption of its volcano. The inhabitants used the vetchling seeds for food. Charred remains of "B. rufipes", a pest of the plant, were recovered from the jars and the chitin was successfully radiocarbon dated, providing evidence that the date of the eruption was between 1744 and 1538 BC.