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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