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Prickly-Pear

Opuntia humifusa

Photo by JasonO'Connor
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Ava T-B
That white stuff is a scale insect called cochineal. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7285706 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal

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PublishedJanuary 25, 2012

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