Dactylopius coccus

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Dactylopius coccus - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dyecochineal insect, cochinealscale insect - small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy coveringDactylopius, genus Dactylopius - type genus of the Dactylopiidae