'So, so sorry! Yes, there are predatory and non-predatory stink bugs, and I've had the predatory type kill some pipevine swallowtail caterpillars. I just found every stink bug I could find and squished them, that's all I could do.

Sherry

I found this old picture - they suck out the caterpillar's juices -

Sherry

That's a good photo!

Ahhh poor little caterpillar! That's exactly what they did to mine. I never knew stinkbugs would do that. One never stops learning with gardening lol. Even when its about bad stuff, I guess.

I finally got more varieties of milkweed to grow here than just the orange and red tropical one, now the stink bugs are everywhere. I used to let my guineas run around and they would eat up bugs and leave most caterpillars alone for some reason. There are too many roaming neighbor dogs around here now so all the fowl have to stay locked up.