Nick Upton / Walled fields of Prickly pear / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) on volcanic soil, formerly harvested for Cochineal insects (Dactylopius coccus), with Monte Corona volcanic peak in the background, n...

Nick Upton / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), dense colony of scale insects from which the red dye cochineal is extracted, on Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) leaf, Gran Canaria, Cana...

Adrian Davies / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus) on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) cultivated for the production of cochineal dye. Guatzia, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Adrian Davies / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus) on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) cultivated for the production of cochineal dye. Guatzia, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Adrian Davies / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus) on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) cultivated for the production of cochineal dye. Guatzia, Lanzarote, Canary Islands