Only Michigan and Iowa lack an official insect, and three butterflies are in the running for the crown.
Vladislava Sukhanovskaya, Capital News Service
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan updates list of at-risk birds, adds black tern, six others
Among the species that newly receive threatened status are the Eastern whip-poor-will, evening grosbeak, golden-winged warbler, Northern goshawk, spruce grouse and upland sandpiper.