Garden Pests and Diseases: Prickly Pear Cactus with MealyBug Infestation , 1 by Toffy

Toffy wrote:
Planted this Prickly Pear Cactus 26 years ago. This year it has gotten an infestation of what I Googled to find out is Mealybugs. This is a Huge Cactus and Huge Infestation. I spent an hour trying to find on Dave's Garden what was wrong with the Cactus...seems it is getting complicated to get to the information needed especially when in a hurry....oh well. Not the first time that I have given up....... :(
When I used the hose with Jet Spray on the Cactus it started Bleeding......Yes, Blood. Here is the pics....