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#Cochineal

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llewelly<p>if anyone could answer two random Chinese history questions for me, I'd be grateful.</p><p>When did the cochineal scale insect, from which red dyes have so long been made, get to China?</p><p>What did the Chinese do for red dye before cochineal got there?</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dye</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>red</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cochineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cochineal</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the second parasite for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> I’m sharing the source of carmine, a bright red pigment derived from carminic acid. It’s traditionally harvested from cochineal, a sessile parasite on Opuntia cacti in South America, north through to Mexico and the southwest US. They are laboriously collected by brushing them off the pads of prickly pear cacti. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/naturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Opuntia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opuntia</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/carmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carmine</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cochineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cochineal</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cactus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cactus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>The last week of 2023 is <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest</span></a> so I’m sharing a recent print I made about carmine, a bright red pigment derived from carminic acid, traditionally harvested from cochineal, a sessile parasite on Opuntia cacti in South America, north through to Mexico &amp; the southwest US. They are laboriously collected by brushing them off the pads of prickly pear cacti. 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/naturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Opuntia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opuntia</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/carmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carmine</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cochineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cochineal</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cactus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cactus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest2023</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
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