Close up view of female cochineals (Dactylopius coccus), scale insects in the suborder Sternorrhyncha.

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Size: 3012px × 2253px
Location: Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Photo credit: © Roberto Michel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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