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.
Terraria taught me this
do you read mob names? I only know a handfull of special ones’.
That beetle shows up on enemy detector so much while I’m looking for actual special mobs to farm for drops