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List of U.S. state insects
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This is a list of U.S. state insects. Forty-one of the fifty United States have selected state insects.
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State | State insect | Binomial nomenclature | Image | Year |
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Alabama | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1989[1] |
Alaska | Four-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly | Libellula quadrimaculata | ![]() | |
Arizona | Two-Tailed Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio multicaudata | ![]() | |
Arkansas | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1973[2] |
Diana Fritillary Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Speyeria diana | ![]() | 2007[2] | |
California | California Dogface Butterfly | Zerene eurydice | ![]() | 1972 |
Colorado | Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly | Hypaurotis crysalus | ||
Connecticut | European mantis | Mantis religiosa | ![]() | |
Delaware | 7-spotted ladybug (State Bug) | Coccinella septempunctata | 1974[3] | |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | ![]() | 1999[4] | |
Georgia | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1975[5] |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | ![]() | 1988[6] | |
Florida | Zebra Longwing (State Butterfly) | Heliconius charitonius | ![]() | 1996[7] |
Hawaii | Kamehameha butterfly | Vanessa tameamea | ![]() | 2009[8] |
Idaho | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1992[9] |
Illinois | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1975[10] |
Kansas | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
Kentucky | Viceroy Butterfly | Limenitis archippus | ![]() | |
Louisiana | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
Maine | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
Maryland | Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly | Euphydryas phaeton | ![]() | 1973[11] |
Massachusetts | 7-spotted ladybug | Coccinella septempunctata | ||
Minnesota | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 2000[12] |
Mississippi | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1980[13] |
Spicebush Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio troilus | ![]() | 1991[13] | |
Missouri | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
Montana | Mourning Cloak Butterfly | Nymphalis antiopa | ![]() | |
Nebraska | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
New Hampshire | 7-spotted ladybug (State Insect) | Coccinella septempunctata | 1977[14] | |
Karner Blue Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Lycaeides melissa (subspecies samuelis) | ![]() | 1992[14] | |
New Jersey | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
New Mexico | Tarantula hawk wasp (State Insect) | Pepsis formosa | ![]() | 1989[15] |
Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Callophrys mcfarlandi | ![]() | 2003[16] | |
New York | 9-spotted ladybug | Coccinella novemnotata | 1989[17] | |
North Carolina | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1973[18] |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | ![]() | 2012[19] | |
Ohio | 7-spotted ladybug | Coccinella septempunctata | ||
Oklahoma | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1992[20] |
Black Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Papilio polyxenes | ![]() | 1996[20] | |
Oregon | Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly | Papilio oregonius | ![]() | |
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania firefly (State Insect) | Photuris pennsylvanica | ![]() | 1974[21] |
South Carolina | Carolina mantis (State Insect) | Stagmomantis carolina | ![]() | 1988[22] |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | ![]() | 1994[23] | |
South Dakota | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | |
Tennessee | Common eastern firefly (State Insect) | Photinus pyralis | ![]() | 1975[24] |
7-spotted ladybug (State Insect) | Coccinella septempunctata | 1975[24] | ||
European honey bee (State Agricultural Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1990[24] | |
Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Eurytides marcellus | ![]() | 1995[24] | |
Texas | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1995[25] |
Utah | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1983[26] |
Vermont | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1978[27] |
Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1987[28] | |
Virginia | Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly | Papilio glaucus | ![]() | |
Washington | Green Darner Dragonfly | Anax junius | ![]() | 1997[29] |
West Virginia | European honey bee (State Insect) | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 2002[30] |
Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly) | Danaus plexippus | ![]() | 1995[31] | |
Wisconsin | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() | 1977[32] |
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