List of U.S. state insects

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State insects are designated by 41 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.). 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 ladybug).

State	State insect	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year
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
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]
Idaho	Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1992[7]
Illinois	Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1975[8]
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[9]
Massachusetts	7-spotted ladybug	Coccinella septempunctata
Minnesota	Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus		2000[10]
Mississippi	European honey bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		1980[11]
	Spicebush Swallowtail (State Butterfly)	Papilio troilus		1991[11]
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[12]
	Karner Blue Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Lycaeides melissa (subspecies samuelis)		1992[12]
New Jersey	European honey bee	Apis mellifera
New Mexico	Tarantula hawk wasp (State Insect)	Pepsis formosa		1989[13]
	Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Callophrys mcfarlandi		2003[14]
New York	9-spotted ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata		1989[15]
North Carolina	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1973[16]
Ohio	7-spotted ladybug	Coccinella septempunctata
Oklahoma	European honey bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		1992[17]
	Black Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Papilio polyxenes		1996[17]
Oregon	Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly	Papilio oregonius
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania firefly (State Insect)	Photuris pennsylvanica		1974[18]
	7-spotted ladybug (?)	Coccinella septempunctata		[19]
South Carolina	Carolina mantis (State Insect)	Stagmomantis carolina		1988[20]
	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1994[21]
South Dakota	European honey bee	Apis mellifera
Tennessee	Common eastern firefly (State Insect)	Photuris pyralis		1975[22]
	7-spotted ladybug (State Insect)	Coccinella septempunctata		1975[22]
	European honey bee (State Agricultural Insect)	Apis mellifera		1990[22]
	Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Eurytides marcellus		1995[22]
Texas	Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1995[23]
Utah	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1983[24]
Vermont	European honey bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		1978[25]
	Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1987[26]
Virginia	Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly	Papilio glaucus
Washington	Green Darner Dragonfly	Anax junius		1997[27]
West Virginia	European honey bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		2002[28]
	Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1995[29]
Wisconsin	European honey bee	Apis mellifera

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. state butterflies
• Lists of United States state insignia

[edit] References