Three cities in the Midwest will have a quarantine placed on them to help tackle outbreaks of spongy moth-infested areas.

North Carolina officials will start treatment in May for an infestation of spongy moths in the Waynesville area.

Photo: Michael Murtaugh Some people worry that because permethrin is an insecticide, it will harm them, but this isn’t the case. It kills ticks by interfering with how neurons fire in the bugs ...