Several Miami Valley counties are under a quarantine to prevent the spread of an invasive insect.
Clark and Preble counties, along with Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Lorain, Lake, and Lucas counties, were added to an existing quarantine on Friday in an effort to stop the spread of box tree moths.
The quarantine already includes Miami, Montgomery, Greene, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties and has regulations in place restricting the movement of boxwood shrubs out of the area, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).
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The ODA is encouraging landscapers and residents in the impacted counties to check the quarantine boundaries and not transport the plants outside of the quarantined areas…