Cochineal
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The cochineal is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through Nor
Cochineal drawing
A cluster of females
Cochineal on opuntia in California
Cochineals on cacti in La Palma, Canary Islands
Sessility (motility)
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Sessility, a property of certain animals, is a lack of self-locomotion. Sessile animals do not have natural motility, and are immobile unless there are external forces. Usually, sessile animals are pe
Cochineal
…KOH-chin-EEL, -eel; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America (Mexico and the Southwest United States), this insect lives on cacti…
Generally sessile Hydra attached to a substrate
Blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, are sessile and exhibit clumping