Ecological Niche
Some predators of the Striped skunk are owls, hawks and foxes.
Skunks help to control insect populations,it is 70% of their diet.
Striped skunks eat large quantities of insects. They are valuable to agriculture because they eat such agricultural pests as cutworms, Colorado potato beetles, squash bugs, and grasshoppers, and mice. Because they eat quantities
of insects they can be susceptible to poisoning by pesticides. Skunks are furbearers that are hunted in South Dakota.
The skunk is a secondary consumer and an omnivore.