List of U.S. state insects

State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.

More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America, because of the inclusion of three European species (European honey bee, European mantis, and 7-spotted ladybird), each having been chosen by multiple states.

Table

State	State insect	Binomial name	Image	Year
Alabama	Monarch butterfly (state insect)	Danaus plexippus		1989[1]
	Queen Honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		2005[2]
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly and mascot)	Papilio glaucus		1989[3]
Alaska	Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly	Libellula quadrimaculata		1995[4]
Arizona	Two-tailed swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio multicaudata		2001[5]
Arkansas	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1973[6]
	Diana fritillary butterfly (state butterfly)	Speyeria diana		2007[6]
California	California dogface butterfly (state butterfly)	Zerene eurydice		1972[7]
Colorado	Colorado hairstreak	Hypaurotis crysalus		1996[8]
Connecticut	European mantis	Mantis religiosa		1977[9]
Delaware	7-spotted ladybug (state bug)	Coccinella septempunctata		1974[10]
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1999[11]
	Stonefly (state macroinvertebrate)	Order Plecoptera		2005[12]
Florida	Zebra longwing (state butterfly)	Heliconius charitonius		1996[13]
Georgia	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1975[14]
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1988[15]
Hawaii	Kamehameha butterfly	Vanessa tameamea		2009[16]
Idaho	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1992[17]
Illinois	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1975[18]
Indiana	Say's firefly	Pyractomena angulata		2018[19]
Kansas	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1976[20]
Kentucky	European honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		2010[21]
	Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly)	Limenitis archippus		1990[22]
Louisiana	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1977[23]
	Gulf fritillary (state butterfly)	Dione vanillae		2022[24]
Maine	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1975[25]
	Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly)	Colias interior		2023[26]
Maryland	Baltimore checkerspot butterfly	Euphydryas phaeton		1973[27]
Massachusetts	Ladybug	Family Coccinellidae		1974[28]
Minnesota	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		2000[29]
	Rusty patched bumblebee (state bee)	Bombus affinis		2019[30]
Mississippi	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1980[31]
	Spicebush swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio troilus		1991[31]
Missouri	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1985[32]
Montana	Mourning cloak butterfly (state butterfly)	Nymphalis antiopa		2001[33]
Nebraska	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1975[34]
Nevada	Vivid dancer damselfly	Argia vivida		2009[35]
New Hampshire	7-spotted ladybug (state insect)	Coccinella septempunctata		1977[36]
	Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly)	Plebejus melissa samuelis		1992[36]
New Jersey	European honey bee (state bug)	Apis mellifera		1974[37]
	Black swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio polyxenes		2014[38]
New Mexico	Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect)	Pepsis grossa		1989[39]
	Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly)	Callophrys mcfarlandi		2003[40]
New York	9-spotted ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata		1989[41]
North Carolina	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1973[42]
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		2012[43]
North Dakota	Convergent lady beetle	Hippodamia convergens		2011[44]
Ohio	Ladybug	Family Coccinellidae		1975[45]
Oklahoma	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1992[46]
	Black swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio polyxenes		1996[46]
Oregon	Oregon swallowtail	Papilio oregonius		1979[47]
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania firefly	Photuris pennsylvanica		1974[48]
Rhode Island	American burying beetle	Nicrophorus americanus		2015[49]
South Carolina	Carolina mantis (state insect)	Stagmomantis carolina		1988[50]
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1994[51]
South Dakota	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1978[52]
Tennessee	Common eastern firefly (state insect)	Photinus pyralis		1975[53]
	7-spotted ladybug (state insect)	Coccinella septempunctata		1975[53]
	European honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		1990[53]
	Zebra swallowtail (state butterfly)	Eurytides marcellus		1995[53]
Texas	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1995[54]
Utah	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1983[55]
Vermont	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1978[56]
	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1987[57]
Virginia	Eastern tiger swallowtail	Papilio glaucus		[58]
Washington	Green darner dragonfly	Anax junius		1997[59]
West Virginia	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		2002[60]
	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1995[61]
Wisconsin	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1977[62]
Wyoming	Sheridan's green hairstreak	Callophrys sheridanii		2009[63]

See also

• Lists of United States state insignia

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