cochineal

However, control has been sought with the use of the cochineal insect.

So was the Turkey red background, which derives from cochineal.

Many shops have now stopped using this method due to issues with Cochineal.

My suspicion is that one needs a moist environment for cochineal to grow.

There are two methods of farming cochineal: traditional and controlled.

Chile and Mexico have also recently begun to export cochineal.

Cochineal is the product of an insect that lives on some cacti.

Organic chemistry delivered the final blow for the cochineal color industry.

For example, various kinds of cochineal are restricted to cactus hosts.

Cochineal is used primarily as a red food colouring and for cosmetics.

The main industry of the town during colonial times was the preparation of cochineal.

A deep crimson dye is extracted from the female cochineal insects.

Cochineal is used to produce scarlet, orange, and other red tints.

Then, with the discovery of the New World and a bug called cochineal, things really turned crazy.

The pigment is also called cochineal after the insect from which it is made.

In regions dependent on cochineal production, pest control measures have to be taken seriously.

It takes about 80-100 thousand insects to make one kilo of cochineal dye.

This tribute included products such as corn, beans, clothing, gold and cochineal.

Some insect forms such as grasshoppers, larvae and cochineal have economic important for the state.

He says that the colour is similar to that of the cochineal insect.

The principal products of the province are cattle and sheep, although cochineal is also produced in the area.

African slaves were used in the sugar, indigo, and cochineal plantations.

The rich reds come from cochineal, an insect that grows on cactuses.

One important project that was traded here was the cochineal insect, used to make red dye.

The plant used to be economically significant as the major host plant of the Polish cochineal.