List of state insects of the states of the United States

This is a list of the official state insects of the states of the United States. These insects are considered state landmarks in the respective states of the United States :

State	Illustration	insect	Scientific name	date
Alabama		Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1989
Alaska		Quadrangle	Libellula quadrimaculata	1995
Arizona		Two-tailed Swallowtail	Papilio multicaudatus	2001
Arkansas		Honey bee	Apis mellifera	1973
Colorado		Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly	Hypaurotis crysalus	1996
Connecticut		European praying mantis	Mantis religiosa	1st October 1977
Delaware		Seven-point ladybug	Coccinella septempunctata	April 25, 1974
		Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	June 10, 1999
		Stonefly	Stonefly	May 4, 2005
Florida		Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charitonius	1996
Georgia		Honey bee	Apis mellifera	1975
Hawaii		Kamehameha butterfly	Udara blackburnii	2009
Idaho		Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1992
Illinois		Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1975
California		California Dogface Butterfly	Colias eurydice	1972
Kansas		Honey bee	Apis mellifera	1976
Kentucky		Viceroy Butterfly	Limenitis archippus	1990
Louisiana		Honey bee	Apis mellifera	1977
Maine		Honey bee	Apis mellifera	1975
Maryland		Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly	Euphydryas phaeton	1973
Massachusetts		Two-point ladybug	Adalia bipunctata	1974
Minnesota		Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	2000
Mississippi		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1980
Missouri		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	3rd July 1985
Montana		Mourning gown	Nymphalis antiopa	2001
Nebraska		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1975
New Hampshire		Ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata	1977
New Jersey		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1974
New Mexico		Tarantula hawk	Pepsis grossa	1989
new York		Pink Spotted Ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata	1989
North Carolina		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1973
North Dakota		Convergent lady beetle	Hippodamia convergens	2011
Ohio		Ladybug	Coccinella septempunctata	1975
Oklahoma		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1992
Oregon		Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly	Papilio oregonius	1979
Pennsylvania		Firefly	Photuris pennsylvanicus	1974
Rhode Island		American burying beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	2015
South carolina		Fishing insect	Stagmomantis carolina	1988
South Dakota		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1978
Tennessee		Firefly and Ladybug	Fireflies and ladybugs	1975
Texas		Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1995
Utah		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1983
Vermont		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1977
Virginia		Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly	Papilio glaucus	1991
Washington		Green Darner Dragonfly	American royal dragonfly ( Anax junius )	1997
West Virginia		Monarch butterfly ( state butterfly ), honeybee , ( state insect )	Danaus plexippus and Apis mellifera	1995/2002
Wisconsin		Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	1977
Wyoming		Sheridan's green hairstreak butterfly	Callophrys sheridani	2009

See also

• Overview of the state symbols of the US states

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alabama Department of Archives and History - Official Alabama Insect
2. ^ Alaska Science Forum: Dragonfly Wins State Title; Mosquitoes Miffed ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Arizona State Legislature - State Butterfly
4. ↑ www.arkansas.com: Skip Navigation Links Arkansas Fun Facts & Links ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration - Colorado State Archives, Symbols & Emblems
6. ↑ ct.gov Connect Kids - State Insect
7. ^ ^{A b c} State of Delaware - State Insects
8. ↑ [1] My Florida.com - State Symbols (page 1)
9. ↑ [2] Georgia Secretary of State - State Symbols
10. ↑ [3] >
11. ↑ [4] Idaho State Historical Society - State Symbols (PDF)
12. ↑ [5] Illinois Gov - Illinois Symbols
13. ^ California State Library State Insignia
14. ^ Kansas State Historical Society Timeline State Symbols
15. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - State Symbols 
16. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. State of Louisiana, Division of Administration - Official Louisiana State Symbols 
17. ^ Maine Secretary of State, Kids Page State Insect
18. ↑ Maryland's Kids Page - State Symbols ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ^ [6] Massachusetts Citizen Information Service - State Symbols
20. ↑ [7] Minnesota State Legislature - State Symbols
21. ↑ Visit Mississippi - State Symbols
22. ^ [8] Missouri Secretary of State - State Symbols
23. ^ Montana Historical Society - State Symbols
24. ↑ Netstate Nebraska State Symbols
25. ↑ Netstate New Hampshire State Symbols
26. ↑ Netstate New Jersey Symbols
27. ↑ Netstate New Mexico State Symbols
28. ↑ Netstate New York State Symbols
29. ↑ Netstate North Carolina State Symbols
30. ↑ Netstate North Dakota State Symbols
31. ↑ Netstate Ohio State Symbols
32. ↑ Netstate Oklahoma State Symbols
33. ↑ Netstate Oregon State Symbols
34. ↑ netstate Pennsylvania State Symbols
35. ^ Rhode Island State Symbols
36. ↑ Netstate South Carolina State Symbols
37. ↑ Netstate South Dakota State Symbols
38. ↑ Netstate Tennessee State Symbols
39. ↑ Netstate Texas State Symbols
40. ↑ Netstate Utah State Symbols
41. ↑ Netstate Vermont State Symbols
42. ↑ Netstate Virginia State Symbols
43. ↑ Washington State Legislature, Kids Page - State Insect ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
44. ↑ Netstate West Virginia State Symbols
45. ↑ Netstate Wisconsin State Symbols
46. ↑ Netstate Wyoming State Symbols