Insect Repellant

 

This is the very best defense humans have against mosquitos. A bat can eat thousands of small insects an hour. And look how cute this one is!

 

 

Natural Enemies Of Stinkbugs

Halyomorpha Halys, or stinkbugs. People on the east coast are wondering how to get rid of them. Because of the strain put on the ecosystem by too many insecticides, I looked up their natural predators, and found the ones I expected to find.  Garter snakes will eat almost any insect, including stinkbugs. Spiders also eat them. Toads eat stinkbugs. And so do house wrens........so if my house had been invaded by strinkbugs, I might put out a bird feeder on my porch or near my house with feed that would attract wrens. Oh.......turning loose a preying mantis or two near the house would not hurt, either.

Garter snake, Wren, and Preying Mantis.........all looking more preferable, to me, than stinkbugs!