Monarchs are usually seen in Michigan from late spring to early fall.

When most people see a flash of orange from a passing butterfly, they automatically assume it’s a monarch. There are plenty of other orange butterflies, though, many the same size and flying in ...

Their orange wings are closed, so the clusters of butterflies look like clumps of dead leaves. There are so many of them that the tree branches sag. "Imagine the lightness of a butterfly.