List of U.S. state insects

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 Alabama Monarch Butterfly  Danaus plexippus  150px  1989 Alaska Four-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly  Libellula quadrimaculata  150px  Arizona Two-Tailed Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio multicaudata  150px   Arkansas European honey bee  (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1973 Arkansas - State symbols and emblems Diana Fritillary Butterfly  (State Butterfly)  Speyeria diana  150px  2007 California California Dogface Butterfly  Zerene eurydice  150px  1972 Colorado Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly  Hypaurotis crysalus  150px  Connecticut European mantis  Mantis religiosa  150px  Delaware 7-spotted ladybug  (State Bug)  Coccinella septempunctata  150px  1974 Delaware Code Title 29 § 309 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio glaucus  150px  1999 Delaware Code Title 29 § 315 Georgia European honey bee  (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1975State Symbols  of Georgia, Georgia General Assembly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio glaucus  150px  1988State Butterfly , Office of Secretary of State of Georgia website. Florida Zebra Longwing  (State Butterfly)  Heliconius charitonius  150px  1996 Hawaii Kamehameha butterfly  Vanessa tameamea  150px  2009 Idaho Monarch Butterfly  Danaus plexippus  150px  1992 Illinois Monarch Butterfly  Danaus plexippus  150px  1975 Kansas European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  Kentucky Viceroy Butterfly  Limenitis archippus  150px  Louisiana European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  Maine European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  Maryland Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly  Euphydryas phaeton  150px  1973 Massachusetts 7-spotted ladybug  Coccinella septempunctata  150px  Minnesota Monarch Butterfly  Danaus plexippus  150px  2000 Mississippi European honey bee  (State Insect) Apis mellifera  150px  1980State Symbols , p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29 Spicebush Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio troilus  150px  1991 Missouri European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  Montana Mourning Cloak Butterfly  Nymphalis antiopa  150px  Nebraska European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  New Hampshire 7-spotted ladybug  (State Insect) Coccinella septempunctata  150px  1977 State Animal, the New Hampshire Almanac, New Hampshire State Library. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Karner Blue Butterfly  (State Butterfly)  Lycaeides melissa  (subspecies samuelis)  150px  1992 New Jersey European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  New Mexico Tarantula hawk wasp  (State Insect) Pepsis formosa  150px  1989Welcome to the New Mexico State Capitol  (brochure), New Mexico Legislature. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly  (State Butterfly) Callophrys mcfarlandi  150px  2003House Bill 13, 46th Legislature of the State of New Mexico . Retrieved 2008-03-29. New York 9-spotted ladybug  Coccinella novemnotata  1989"Symbols of New York State" , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2008-03-30North Carolina European honey bee  (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1973 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio glaucus  150px  2012 State butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (NCpedia) Ohio 7-spotted ladybug  Coccinella septempunctata  150px  Oklahoma European honey bee  (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1992Oklahoma Almanac , State Emblems (pp. 37-40)  Black Swallowtail Butterfly  (State Butterfly) Papilio polyxenes  150px  1996  Oregon Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly  Papilio oregonius  150px  Pennsylvania Pennsylvania firefly  (State Insect)  Photuris pennsylvanica  150px  1974 South Carolina Carolina mantis  (State Insect)  Stagmomantis carolina  150px  1988 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  (State Butterfly)  Papilio glaucus  150px  1994The State Butterfly , South Carolina Legislature Online. Retrieved 2008-03-29 South Dakota European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  Tennessee Common eastern firefly  (State Insect)  Photinus pyralis  150px  1975State Symbols , Tennessee Department of State. Retrieved 2008-03-29 7-spotted ladybug  (State Insect)  Coccinella septempunctata  150px  1975 European honey bee  (State Agricultural Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1990 Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly  (State Butterfly)  Eurytides marcellus  150px  1995 Texas Monarch Butterfly  Danaus plexippus  150px  1995 Utah European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  1983Utah State Insect - Honey Bee  from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08 Vermont European honey bee  (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  1978 Monarch Butterfly  (State Butterfly)  Danaus plexippus  150px  1987 Virginia Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly  Papilio glaucus  150px  Washington Green Darner Dragonfly  Anax junius  150px   1997 West Virginia European honey bee (State Insect)  Apis mellifera  150px  2002 Page 21 (547). Monarch Butterfly  (State Butterfly)  Danaus plexippus  150px  1995 Wisconsin European honey bee  Apis mellifera  150px  1977

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