Cochineal insects are collected from a prickly pear cactus pad in the village of Ein Qinya outside of Ramallah in Palestine, on February 10, 2023. Photographed by Al-Wah’at Collective. Courtesy of Anna Santomauro.

Cochineal insects are collected from a prickly pear cactus pad in the village of Ein Qinya outside of Ramallah in Palestine, on February 10, 2023. Photographed by Al-Wah’at Collective. Courtesy of Anna Santomauro.

Cochineal insects are collected from a prickly pear cactus pad in the village of Ein Qinya outside of Ramallah in Palestine, on February 10, 2023. Photographed by Al-Wah’at Collective. Courtesy of Anna Santomauro.