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Cochineal has a minion!

Carmine the Excessively Horrifying Spider

Cochineal
Legacy Name: Cochineal

The

Bloodred Illumis
Owner:

Codeine

Age: 11 years, 5 months, 4 weeks

Born: November 5th, 2012

Adopted: 11 years, 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Adopted: November 5th, 2012

Statistics

Level: 1
Strength: 10
Defense: 10
Speed: 10
Health: 10
HP: 10/10
Intelligence: 0
Books Read: 0
Food Eaten: 0
Job: Unemployed

To prepare cochineal, the powdered insect bodies are boiled in ammonia or a sodium carbonate solution, the insoluble matter is removed by filtering, and alum is added to the clear salt solution of carminic acid to precipitate the red aluminium salt.

It takes around 70,000 insects to make one pound of cochineal.