🦋 Family

Dactylopiidae

2 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Dactylopiidae

Dactylopius coccus (cochineal) is a cactus-feeding scale insect that is the main source of the natural red dye carmine.

Dactylopius opuntiae is a cochineal scale insect widely used as a biological control agent against invasive prickly pear cacti.

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