Prickly Pear with Cochineal Bugs
Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.) fruit infested with cochineal bugs (Dactylopius confusus). Carmine red dye is made from the crushed insects
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13636713
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43180002
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5100px x 3388px
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Credit
Anthony Mercieca /Science Source/ www.ardea.com
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Bugs Cactus Carmine Cochineal Covering Hemiptera Hemipteran Homoptera Homopteran Infestation Opuntia Pear Prickly Waxy
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