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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Montana | Mourning Cloak Butterfly | Nymphalis antiopa | ![]() |
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Nebraska | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | ![]() |
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New Hampshire | 7-spotted ladybug (State Insect) |
Coccinella septempunctata | 1977 | |
Karner Blue Butterfly (State Butterfly) |
Lycaeides melissa (subspecies samuelis) |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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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