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🏜️🔴COCHINEAL POLL🔴🏜️  (Patreon)

Published:
2024-05-11 03:35:00
Imported:
2024-07

Poll

🏜️🔴COCHINEAL POLL🔴🏜️ 

  • Covered in wax to protect from ☀️ 11
  • Have carminic acid = red hemolymph🩸 7
  • ♀️♀️ dried for brilliant red color🔴 6
  • Used as natural coloring in 🍨🎨👚 5
  • 2024-05-11
  • 29 votes
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Content

The cochineal is a tiny, cactus-loving insect deeply rooted in the history of Oaxaca, Mexico. After cochineals die, their legacy lives on. What fascinates you the most about this bug?

Cochineal nymphs secrete a protective waxy substance to shield themselves from the hot sun. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

The cochineal produces a deep crimson substance called carminic acid, which is found in its hemolymph, a fluid equivalent to blood. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

Cochineal is spread out in the sun to dry before being ground into dye. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

Cochineal dye can be found in your food. It is often labeled as carmine, cochineal extract, E120 or natural red 4. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

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