San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - Rancho La Nopalera, a farm which raises the cochineal bug to make natural carmine dye.

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San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - Rancho La Nopalera, a farm which raises the cochineal bug from which a natural red dye is made. The cochineal bug grows on the paddles of the nopal cactus. Cacti are grown outside and moved into a shed when they are to be infested with the cochineal.

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Location: San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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