Cochineal bug, Dactylopus confusus
Cochineal bugs (Dactylopus confusus) on a prickly pear cactus. The actual bugs are hidden under a coating of fluffy wax that they produce. A brilliant red dye obtained from the crushed bodies of this insect was once the basis of a large commercial industr
Picture No
13632416
Media ID
43178461
Size
5120px x 3427px
(10.7MB)
Credit
Nature's Images Inc. /Science Source/ www.ardea.com
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Picture No
13632416
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SCS-90083831
