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I heard it said that the population of stink bugs is declining. Is this true? What is the cause?
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Stink bugs fewer now? #868936
Asked May 17, 2024, 4:53 PM EDT
I heard it said that the population of stink bugs is declining. Is this true? What is the cause?
Baltimore City County Maryland
Expert Response
There are many species of stink bug in Maryland, but the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug has had lower populations in recent years (at least anecdotally, as no one is doing surveys as far as we know). Population declines like this can be due to many factors, including predation and weather impacts. As a non-native species, it's probably just being absorbed into the ecosystem in terms of other organisms learning to eat them and parasitoids (like tiny wasps that kill them) also increasing in number.
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