HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT - Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist who studies avocado lace bug at the University of California at Riverside, said the insect appears to be more aggressive in tropical climates like Hawaii.
In sticky, humid conditions in the Caribbean, the avocado lace bug seems to cause more damage than it does at cooler temperatures, such as high-elevation avocado farms on the sides of Guatemalan volcanoes, he said.