A finger stained deep red or slightly purplish (carimine colored) from the squishing of bodies of female cochineal insects, Dactylopius sp.

A finger stained deep red or slightly purplish (carimine colored) from the squishing of bodies of female cochineal insects. Credit: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org<br />Licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>
Credit: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License