The scale insect " Dactylopius coccus " produces the brilliant red-coloured carminic acid to deter predators.
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During the 19th century, the area remained a hacienda under the control of the Augustinians, producing corn, cochinilla ( Dactylopius coccus ) and onions.
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Cochineal ( " Dactylopius coccus " ) is a scale insect of Oaxaca by indigenous producers, cochineal became Mexico's second most valued export after silver.
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The "'cochineal "'( or; " Dactylopius coccus " ) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived.
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Around the end of the 16th century the Old World " Porphyrophora " dyes were supplanted by dyes of the " Dactylopius coccus " cochineal species from the Americas, which could be harvested several times per year and yielded a much more concentrated dye.
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