List of U.S. state insects
Table
Table:
State
State insect
Binomial
name
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

(state butterfly)

Zerene eurydice

1972

Colorado

Colorado hairstreak butterfly
Hypaurotis crysalus

1996

Connecticut

European mantis
Mantis religiosa

Delaware

7-spotted ladybug
(state bug)
Coccinella septempunctata

1974[3]

Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)
Papilio glaucus

1999[4]

Florida

Zebra longwing
(state butterfly)
Heliconius charitonius

1996[5]

Georgia

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

1975[6]

Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)
Papilio glaucus

1988[7]

Hawaii

Kamehameha butterfly
Vanessa tameamea

2009[8]

Idaho

Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus

1992[9]

Illinois

Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus

1975[10]

Indiana

Say's firefly
Pyractomena angulata

2018[11]

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[12]

Massachusetts

7-spotted ladybug
Coccinella septempunctata

Minnesota

Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus

2000[13]

Mississippi

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

1980[14]

Spicebush swallowtail
(state butterfly)
Papilio troilus

1991[14]

Missouri

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

Montana

Mourning cloak butterfly
Nymphalis antiopa

Nebraska

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

Nevada

Vivid Dancer
Argia vivida

2009[15]

New Hampshire

7-spotted ladybug
(state insect)
Coccinella septempunctata

1977[16]

Karner blue butterfly
(state butterfly)
Lycaeides melissa
(subspecies samuelis)

1992[16]

New Jersey

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

New Mexico

Tarantula hawk wasp
(state insect)
Pepsis grossa

1989[17]

Sandia hairstreak butterfly
(state butterfly)
Callophrys mcfarlandi

2003[18]

New York

9-spotted ladybug
Coccinella novemnotata

1989[19]

North Carolina

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

1973[20]

Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)
Papilio glaucus

2012[21]

North Dakota

Convergent lady beetle
(state insect)
Hippodamia convergens

2011[22]

Ohio

7-spotted ladybug
Coccinella septempunctata

1975

Oklahoma

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

1992[23]

Black swallowtail butterfly
(state butterfly)
Papilio polyxenes

1996[23]

Oregon

Oregon swallowtail butterfly
Papilio oregonius

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania firefly
(state insect)
Photuris pennsylvanica

1974[24]

Rhode Island

American burying beetle
Nicrophorus americanus

2015[25]

South Carolina

Carolina mantis
(state insect)
Stagmomantis carolina

1988[26]

Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)
Papilio glaucus

1994[27]

South Dakota

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

1978[28]

Tennessee

Common eastern firefly
(state insect)
Photinus pyralis

1975[29]

7-spotted ladybug
(state insect)
Coccinella septempunctata

1975[29]

European honey bee
(state agricultural insect)
Apis mellifera

1990[29]

Zebra swallowtail butterfly
(state butterfly)
Eurytides marcellus

1995[29]

Texas

Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus

1995[30]

Utah

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

1883[31]

Vermont

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

1978[32]

Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)
Danaus plexippus

1987[33]

Virginia

Eastern tiger swallowtail
Papilio glaucus

Washington

Green darner dragonfly
Anax junius

1997[34]

West Virginia

European honey bee
(state insect)
Apis mellifera

2002[35]

Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)
Danaus plexippus

1995[36]

Wisconsin

European honey bee
Apis mellifera

1977[37]

Wyoming

Sheridan's green hairstreak
Callophrys sheridanii

2009[38]

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