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Terrestrial Terror Round 2: European Starling vs. Gypsy Moth

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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

Editors note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. It was a crapshoot, but Shakespeare’s Darling whipped The Egg-beater with its skills of damaging crops and contaminating areas with diseased droppings.  The Extreme Defoliator overpowered The Stale Wind, which was just a not-so-stinky nuisance in comparison. The European Starling causes millions of dollars of agricultural damage a year and is extremely adaptable. But millions have also been spent on Gypsy Moth research the last 10 years and in larvae form can defoliate and kill trees.

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Terrestrial Terror Round 2: Mute Swan vs. Emerald Ash Borer

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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

Editors note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an on going Great Lakes Echo series. With an aggressive demeanor, The Silent Foul breezed by The Warbler’s Woe in Round 1. And the Emerald Ash Borer hit a home run against the little leaguer Miley Cyrex. But which formidable foe is feisty enough to fight its way into Round 3?

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Great Lakes SmackDown! on WDET

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Looks like the Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is getting some regional attention. Don’t miss this interview with Echo’s Alice Rossignol on WDET based out of Wayne State University.

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Last chance to fill out a SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror bracket

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Which terrestrial terror is the most destructive Great Lakes invasive species? You have a few more days to figure it out. Please turn in your brackets, found here, by Monday. We’ll declare the Round 1 winners and have readers and scientists discuss the “land brawls” on Tuesday. Will the emerald ash borer defeat the sirex woodwasp?

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Terrestrial Terror Round 1: Miscellaneous mayhem

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Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

The heavyweights and wildcards take to the ring in the final land brawls of round one of the Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror. FERAL SWINE vs.

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Terrestrial Terror Round 1: Plant peril

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Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

It’s time for the plants and plant-killing exotics to take root in the SmackDown. PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE vs.

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Terrestrial Terror Round 1: Insect wars

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Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
They stink, they sting and bore holes — it’s time for the insects to fight the battle of the bug. EMERALD ASH BORER vs.

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Terrestrial Terror Round 1: Bird battles

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Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

Now, the avian competitors take to the ring to fight for the title of most destructive in the Great Lakes region!