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      <title>Keep Ants Out of Your Home with This Natural Spice</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Skip the pesticides and give this spice you may already have in your kitchen a try to keep ants from invading your house. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/71/p/natural-ant-repellent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Skip the pesticides and give this spice you may already have in your kitchen a try to keep ants from invading your house. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/71/p/natural-ant-repellent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Experts Warn Michigan Could See an Uptick in Ticks This Year</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:41:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While there are so many great things about summer in West Michigan, there's also at least one NOT great thing: Ticks. <a href="https://wgrd.com/tick-season-worse-in-michigan-this-year/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[While there are so many great things about summer in West Michigan, there&apos;s also at least one NOT great thing: Ticks. <a href="https://wgrd.com/tick-season-worse-in-michigan-this-year/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>State Asking Michiganders to Be On the Lookout for This Damaging Insect</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:37:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The state  <a href="https://wgrd.com/state-asking-michiganders-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-this-damaging-insect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The state  <a href="https://wgrd.com/state-asking-michiganders-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-this-damaging-insect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Can This Invasive Insect Ruin Christmas in West Michigan?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:51:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This tiny insect gives the Grinch a run for his money. <a href="https://wgrd.com/can-this-invasive-insect-ruin-christmas-in-west-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This tiny insect gives the Grinch a run for his money. <a href="https://wgrd.com/can-this-invasive-insect-ruin-christmas-in-west-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Cicadas Are Going to Invade MI After Spending 17 Years Underground</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The lat time this particular cicada was in Michigan was in 2004. <a href="https://wgrd.com/cicadas-are-going-to-invade-mi-after-spending-17-years-underground/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The lat time this particular cicada was in Michigan was in 2004. <a href="https://wgrd.com/cicadas-are-going-to-invade-mi-after-spending-17-years-underground/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Fireflies are Dying Across Michigan – And It’s Heartbreaking When You Learn Why</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:17:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you noticed there are fewer fireflies now then there were when you were a child and used to catch them in a jar? They're slowly dying across Michigan and the nation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-fireflies-vanishing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you noticed there are fewer fireflies now then there were when you were a child and used to catch them in a jar? They&apos;re slowly dying across Michigan and the nation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-fireflies-vanishing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Meier]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Stink Bugs Are Invading MI Homes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We have good news and bad news about our stinky little friends. <a href="https://wgrd.com/watch-out-brown-marmorated-stink-bugs-are-moving-into-michigan-homes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We have good news and bad news about our stinky little friends. <a href="https://wgrd.com/watch-out-brown-marmorated-stink-bugs-are-moving-into-michigan-homes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Bohner]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Bees Invade While President Barack Obama Is Reading to Children at White House Easter Egg Roll [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Secret Service had no answer for this sting operation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/kids-bees-president-obama/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Secret Service had no answer for this sting operation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/kids-bees-president-obama/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A Phoenix neighborhood was on lockdown over the weekend because a huge swarm of bees took over. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-neighborhood-under-attack-from-swarming-bees-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A Phoenix neighborhood was on lockdown over the weekend because a huge swarm of bees took over. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-neighborhood-under-attack-from-swarming-bees-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Would You Eat a Muffin Covered In Ants? [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:58:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Remember planking and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?  
Well, supposedly this is the next big trend in viral videos. But we just don't believe it. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-would-you-eat-a-muffin-covered-in-ants-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Remember planking and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?  
Well, supposedly this is the next big trend in viral videos. But we just don&apos;t believe it. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-would-you-eat-a-muffin-covered-in-ants-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Butterflies don't faze this Chicago flutist! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-flutist-keeps-playing-even-after-butterfly-lands-on-her-face-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Butterflies don&apos;t faze this Chicago flutist! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-flutist-keeps-playing-even-after-butterfly-lands-on-her-face-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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