There are several natural enemies that take their toll on all the stages of the gypsy moth life cycle. The insect and parasitoid species are adult ground beetles, stinkbugs, spiders, harvestmen, ants, and tiny wasps. Among the predators are mice, chipmunks, shrews, voles, skunks, raccoons, and squirrels. Bird species are orioles, starlings, robins, crows, black-capped chickadee, nuthatches and blue jays. Although this may seem like a lot of natural enemies, most can not keep up with a gypsy moth population explosion.