List of U.S. state insects facts for kids
This is a list of U.S. state insects. Forty-one of the fifty United States have selected state insects.
State | State insect | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
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Alabama | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | 1989 | |
Alaska | Four-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly | Libellula quadrimaculata | ||
Arizona | Two-Tailed Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio multicaudata | ||
Arkansas | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1973 | |
Diana Fritillary Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Speyeria diana | 2007 | ||
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 | |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio glaucus | 1999 | ||
Georgia | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1975 | |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio glaucus | 1988 | ||
Florida | Zebra Longwing (State Butterfly) |
Heliconius charitonius | 1996 | |
Hawaii | Kamehameha butterfly | Vanessa tameamea | 2009 | |
Idaho | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | 1992 | |
Illinois | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | 1975 | |
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 | |
Massachusetts | 7-spotted ladybug | Coccinella septempunctata | ||
Minnesota | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | 2000 | |
Mississippi | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1980 | |
Spicebush Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio troilus | 1991 | ||
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 | |
Karner Blue Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Lycaeides melissa (subspecies samuelis) |
1992 | ||
New Jersey | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ||
New Mexico | Tarantula hawk wasp (State Insect) |
Pepsis formosa | 1989 | |
Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Callophrys mcfarlandi | 2003 | ||
New York | 9-spotted ladybug | Coccinella novemnotata | 1989 | |
North Carolina | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1973 | |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio glaucus | 2012 | ||
Ohio | 7-spotted ladybug | Coccinella septempunctata | ||
Oklahoma | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1992 | |
Black Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Papilio polyxenes | 1996 | ||
Oregon | Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly | Papilio oregonius | ||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania firefly (State Insect) |
Photuris pennsylvanica | 1974 | |
South Carolina | Carolina mantis (State Insect) |
Stagmomantis carolina | 1988 | |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (State Butterfly) |
Papilio glaucus | 1994 | ||
South Dakota | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ||
Tennessee | Common eastern firefly (State Insect) |
Photinus pyralis | 1975 | |
7-spotted ladybug (State Insect) |
Coccinella septempunctata | 1975 | ||
European honey bee (State Agricultural Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1990 | ||
Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Eurytides marcellus | 1995 | ||
Texas | Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | 1995 | |
Utah | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | 1983 | |
Vermont | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 1978 | |
Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Danaus plexippus | 1987 | ||
Virginia | Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly | Papilio glaucus | ||
Washington | Green Darner Dragonfly | Anax junius | 1997 | |
West Virginia | European honey bee (State Insect) |
Apis mellifera | 2002 | |
Monarch Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Danaus plexippus | 1995 | ||
Wisconsin | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | 1977 |
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