Carminic acid also happens to be bright red.

胭脂红酸也恰好是鲜红色的。

She stays there her entire life, and uses a couple tricks for protection: secreting a waxy, white coating and synthesizing carminic acid.

她一生都呆在那里，并使用了一些保护技巧：分泌蜡状白色涂层并合成胭脂红酸。

The carminic acid molecules are stored as clumps in her hemolymph – the insect equivalent of our blood – and ward off some would-be predators, like ants, and harmful microbes.

胭脂红酸分子以团块形式储存在她的血淋巴中——相当于我们血液的昆虫——并抵御一些潜在的捕食者，如蚂蚁和有害微生物。