Also, for our infestation those flimsy traps are totally useless.  We
are trapping and releasing them outside.  Come up to Washington County
and you'll see.  Hundreds of thousands in Bent Willow alone, perhaps
more.

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Frank Boyle <> wrote:
> 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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