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。
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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.