Cochineal Bug larvae. Dactylopius cocchus - Flickr - gailhampshire
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Description: Order: Hemiptera Family: Dactylopiidae Genus: Dactylopius Species: D. coccus These larvae with their fluffy cotton-like covering were all over the Prickly Pears in Jimena during last years drought. Date: 28 September 2012, 17:25. Source: Cochineal Bug larvae. Dactylopius cocchus. Author: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. Camera location36° 25′ 47.45″ N, 5° 27′ 06.45″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 36.429846; -5.451793.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Paraneoptera
- Hemiptera (hemipterans)
- Sternorrhyncha (plant lice)
- Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
- Dactylopiidae (cochineal insects)
- Dactylopius
- Dactylopius coccus
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