We have seen Carolina wrens eating them on our property in
Rohrersville, but they can hardly make a dent in the thousands we have
in and around our house.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Bob Mumford <> wrote:
>
> The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha Halys, the bug that has become
> such a nuisance locally, has been around the US for only about ten years.
> It is native to China, Japan and Korea.
>
> The primary predator in their native lands is a parasitic wasp that is
> being considered for introduction into the US. Here, a few praying mantises
> and spiders will take this bug, but little else. There are no known avian
> predators listed.
>
> When you have hundreds inside your house -- as we here -- they are hard to
> see as attractive any more than cockroaches would be.
>
> Bob Mumford
> Darnestown
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/5/2011 1:06:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> These stink bug have been around for a while and while an agricultural and
> household pest they are in their way attractive.
> They have these extraordinary carbuncular simple eyes. BTW Maryland birds
> probably eat them.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsnaca/5800780012/in/photostream/
>
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