About 500 of the beetles were shipped to California, and within a year the scale was virtually wiped out. The citrus orchards were saved.
Ap 500 vabolīšu tika aizvestas uz Kaliforniju, un gada laikā bīstamās bruņutis bija gandrīz pilnībā izskaustas, un citrusu stādījumi bija glābti.