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