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Your Christmas Tree Could Be Home To Hundreds Of Bugs [VIDEO]
For most it's a family tradition, getting a real Christmas Tree to bring home, decorate, and enjoy throughout the Holiday season. But experts say you may be bringing more than just a tree into your home.
From microscopic tree dwellers to the Douglas fir twig weevil and a whole lot of other tiny critters, any given tree could be housing up to 25,000 small insects. Not to mention spiders, mice and small snakes!
There are methods to ensure your tree is as bug free as possible..
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