The crushed bodies of a Central and South American insect, called the Cochineal, produces a natural red dye.
They are used for textiles, food-coloring, and cosmetics. Next time you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, it comes from these bugs.
Vegetarians of Lemmy, what’s your thoughts on this? I’ve known about this for a while, but I’m looking for gelatin on that ingredients list, not bugs - I genuinely don’t care, there’s probably trace bugs in there regardless, lol.
Killing with intent is where I draw the line. Bugs were very important in our journey to understand brains and thus deserve some respect as a cognitive being imo.
He is the messiah!
Sounds like a bug that would burrow into your ear canal.
Thought this was common knowledge. Good for you who learned this!
I believe, you can also crush humans and it produces a red dye…
More of a brown dye really by the time it dries.
And stigmata
Terraria taught me this
Looks like when I squish a mozzie.
Can you make red dye from blood?
the crushed bodies
Most metal description I’ve read in this community.