1.   Agriculture experts were expecting the first pink hibiscus mealybug to turn up in Miami, Zimmer said.

2.   The pink hibiscus mealybug appears as a white, cotton-like mass at the end of branches.

3.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday that small insects found recently in El Centro and Calexico were, in fact, the pink hibiscus mealybug.

4.   The war between the invading pink hibiscus mealybug and the residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands is intensifying.