Monarch butterflies have been sighted in Michigan after flying thousands of miles from central Mexico and southern U.S. states.
Four monarchs were sighted in the southern Lower Peninsula, according to the Journey North monarch sighting map — an environmental conservation organization that’s part of the Monarch Joint Venture, a collective federal initiative to protect monarchs.
On April 23, an adult female monarch was photographed laying eggs on a swamp milkweed near St. Clair Shores. One was sighted near a puddle in Brighton and another in St. Johns. A couple days later, April 25, a monarch was seen in Grand Rapids, according to the Journey North monarch sighting map…