Dactylopius
Cochineal Scale Bugs
Genus Dactylopius
Dactylopius coccus is not recorded in the US. There are four species of Dactylopius in California and they will typically need to be slide-mounted for species-level ID. True cochineal has a light dusting of wax and the female bodies are visible:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71893623
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