List of U.S. state insects

State insects are designated by 48 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 ladybird), each having been chosen by multiple states.

Table
StateState insectBinomial
name		ImageYear
Alabama Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippus1989[1]
Alaska Four-spotted skimmer dragonflyLibellula quadrimaculata
Arizona Two-tailed swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio multicaudata
Arkansas European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1973[2]
Diana fritillary butterfly
(state butterfly)		Speyeria diana2007[2]
California California dogface butterfly

(state butterfly)

Zerene eurydice1972
Colorado Colorado hairstreak butterflyHypaurotis crysalus1996
Connecticut European mantisMantis religiosa
Delaware 7-spotted ladybug
(state bug)		Coccinella septempunctata1974[3]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio glaucus1999[4]
Florida Zebra longwing
(state butterfly)		Heliconius charitonius1996[5]
Georgia European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1975[6]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio glaucus1988[7]
Hawaii Kamehameha butterflyVanessa tameamea2009[8]
Idaho Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippus1992[9]
Illinois Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippus1975[10]
Indiana Say's fireflyPyractomena angulata2018[11]
Kansas European honey beeApis mellifera
Kentucky Viceroy butterflyLimenitis archippus
Louisiana European honey beeApis mellifera
Maine European honey beeApis mellifera
Maryland Baltimore checkerspot butterflyEuphydryas phaeton1973[12]
Massachusetts 7-spotted ladybugCoccinella septempunctata
Minnesota Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippus2000[13]
Mississippi European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1980[14]
Spicebush swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio troilus1991[14]
Missouri European honey beeApis mellifera
Montana Mourning cloak butterflyNymphalis antiopa1998
Nebraska European honey beeApis mellifera
Nevada Vivid DancerArgia vivida2009[15]
New Hampshire 7-spotted ladybug
(state insect)		Coccinella septempunctata1977[16]
Karner blue butterfly
(state butterfly)		Plebejus melissa samuelis1992[16]
New Jersey European honey beeApis mellifera
New Mexico Tarantula hawk wasp
(state insect)		Pepsis grossa1989[17]
Sandia hairstreak butterfly
(state butterfly)		Callophrys mcfarlandi2003[18]
New York 9-spotted ladybugCoccinella novemnotata1989[19]
North Carolina European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1973[20]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio glaucus2012[21]
North Dakota Convergent lady beetle
(state insect)		Hippodamia convergens2011[22]
Ohio 7-spotted ladybugCoccinella septempunctata1975
Oklahoma European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1992[23]
Black swallowtail butterfly
(state butterfly)		Papilio polyxenes1996[23]
Oregon Oregon swallowtail butterflyPapilio oregonius
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania firefly
(state insect)		Photuris pennsylvanica1974[24]
Rhode Island American burying beetleNicrophorus americanus2015[25]
South Carolina Carolina mantis
(state insect)		Stagmomantis carolina1988[26]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		Papilio glaucus1994[27]
South Dakota European honey beeApis mellifera1978[28]
Tennessee Common eastern firefly
(state insect)		Photinus pyralis1975[29]
7-spotted ladybug
(state insect)		Coccinella septempunctata1975[29]
European honey bee
(state agricultural insect)		Apis mellifera1990[29]
Zebra swallowtail butterfly
(state butterfly)		Eurytides marcellus1995[29]
Texas Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippus1995[30]
Utah European honey beeApis mellifera1883[31]
Vermont European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera1978[32]
Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)		Danaus plexippus1987[33]
Virginia Eastern tiger swallowtailPapilio glaucus
Washington Green darner dragonflyAnax junius1997[34]
West Virginia European honey bee
(state insect)		Apis mellifera2002[35]
Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)		Danaus plexippus1995[36]
Wisconsin European honey beeApis mellifera1977[37]
Wyoming Sheridan's green hairstreakCallophrys sheridanii2009[38]

See also
  • Lists of United States state insignia

References
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