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Cochineal

Insect
The cochineal is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America, this insect lives on cacti in the... Wikipedia
Family: Dactylopiidae
Scientific name: Dactylopius coccus
Class: Insecta
Genus: Dactylopius
Kingdom: Animalia