Cochineal Insects

Description: English: Juana Gutierrez demonstrating a nopal cactus paddle with cochineal at the Porfirio Gutierrez family workshop in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. Date: 6 August 2016, 10:28:21. Source: Own work. Author: Thelmadatter.

H. Sloane, A voyage to the islands Madera, B. Title: H. Sloane, A voyage to the islands Madera, B. Description: SLOANE , Hans Sir {1660-1753} H. Sloane, A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, St. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees.. London : Printed by B.M. for the author, 1707- 1725. Vol 2: pull-out plate: 'The manner of propagating, gathering, and curing y Grana or Cochinel..' Rare Books Keywords: Natural History; epb 48545/d vol. 2; West Indies; sloane, hans sir {1660-1753}; Jamaica. Credit line: : This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.. References: Library reference: EPB 48545/D VOL. 2 Photo number: L0031394. Source/Photographer: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d9/04/571b05187616ee37607e01a96831.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0031394.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/x9rvmjja CC-BY-4.0. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue.

Description: Español: Campos de nopales para la producción de la cochinilla en Guatiza, Lanzarote. Date: 17 September 2021, 09:11:18. Source: Own work. Author: MiguelAlanCS. Camera location29° 04′ 46.25″ N, 13° 28′ 34.86″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 29.079514; -13.476351.

Description: Dactylopius coccus Urubamba, Peru, 20130121. Date: 21 January 2013, 10:23. Source: Cochineal insects on prickly pear. Author: Jason Hollinger.

Description: Dactylopius coccus growing in El Paso, La Palma, Canary Islands. Date: 25 February 2008, 15:49:48. Source: Own work. Author: Frank Vincentz. Permission(Reusing this file): GFDL (self made).

Description: Dactylopius coccus growing in Barlovento, La Palma, Canary Islands. Date: 27 February 2008, 12:39:46. Source: Own work. Author: Frank Vincentz. Permission(Reusing this file): GFDL (self made).

Description: Español: Imágenes del Jardín de Cactus, obra de César Manrique en Guatiza, Lanzarote. Date: 17 September 2021, 09:24:18. Source: Own work. Author: MiguelAlanCS. Camera location29° 04′ 49.65″ N, 13° 28′ 36.63″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 29.080457; -13.476843.

Description: English: Nopal cactus leaves with cochineal growin on them at the Porfirio Gutierrez family workshop in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: 6 August 2016, 10:06:26. Source: Own work. Author: Thelmadatter.

Description: A small scale insect - cochineal - often is found on the pads of the prickly pear. You can see the small red spot in the middle of the white fluff on the left-hand side of the picture. It is used to make the red dye carmine. From Wikipedia: "Today, it is used as a fabric and cosmetics dye and as a natural food colouring.. When used as a food additive the dye must be included on packaging labels.[26] Sometimes carmine is labelled as E120..Natural carmine dye used in food and cosmetics can render the product unacceptable to vegetarian or vegan consumers, many Muslims consider carmine-containing food forbidden (haraam) because the dye is extracted from insects, and Jews also avoid food containing this additive (even though it is not treif and some authorities allow its use because the insect is dried and reduced to powder)." The right side shows the damage the insects do to the pads. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal. Date: 13 December 2011, 08:12. Source: Cochineal. Author: Leslie Seaton from Seattle, WA, USA. Camera location33° 16′ 45.84″ N, 111° 09′ 27.69″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.279399; -111.157693.