To you, we probably look like white mold
But we are actual insects used in red dye
After we are collected, dried, processed and sold
Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-are-making-cochineal-a-red-dye-from-bugs-in-the-lab-180979828/
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