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25,000 Bugs In Your Christmas Tree? - Videos from The Weather Channel

25,000 Bugs In Your Christmas Tree?

December 7, 2025

Bringing home a real Christmas tree might be more dramatic than you think, because the warm, cozy air inside your house can trigger a sudden “False Spring” that wakes up thousands of dormant insects hiding on its branches. Families are discovering everything from wandering spiders to hatching praying mantis eggs, all thanks to a weather-driven temperature shock that flips these tiny creatures from hibernation mode into spring flingers.