List of U.S. state insects

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This is a list of United States state insects:

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	Ladybug (State Bug)	Coccinella septempunctata		1974[3]
	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1999[4]
Florida	Zebra Longwing Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Heliconius charithonia
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	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	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	Nine-spotted Ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata		1989[15]
North Carolina	European Honey Bee	Apis mellifera		1973[16]
Ohio	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]
	Ladybug (?)	Coccinella septempunctata		[citation needed]
South Carolina	Carolina mantis (State Insect)	Stagmomantis carolina		1988[19]
	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1994[20]
South Dakota	European Honey Bee	Apis mellifera
Tennessee	Common Eastern Firefly (State Insect)	Photuris pyralis		1975[21]
	Ladybug (State Insect)	Coccinella septempunctata		1975[21]
	European Honey Bee (State Agricultural Insect)	Apis mellifera		1990[21]
	Zebra Swallowtail (State Butterfly)	Eurytides marcellus		1995[21]
Texas	Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1995[22]
Utah	European Honey Bee	Apis mellifera		1983[23]
Vermont	European Honey Bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		1978[24]
	Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1987[25]
Virginia	Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly	Papilio glaucus
Washington	Green Darner Dragonfly	Anax junius		1997[26]
West Virginia	European Honey Bee (State Insect)	Apis mellifera		2002[27]
	Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1995[28]
Wisconsin	European Honey Bee	Apis mellifera

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References