List of U.S. state insects

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Template:Short description 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.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.

More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America, because of the inclusion of two European species (European honey bee and European mantis), the former having been chosen by numerous states.

Table

State State insect Binomial
name		 Image Year
Alabama Monarch butterfly
(state insect)		 Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1989[1]
Queen Honey bee
(state agricultural insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera (queen and workers).jpg 2005[2]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly and mascot)		 Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg 1989[3]
Alaska Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly Libellula quadrimaculata File:Libellula quadrimaculata - Vierflecklibelle.jpg 1995[4]
Arizona Two-tailed swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio multicaudata File:Papilio multicaudata.jpg 2001[5]
Arkansas European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1973[6]
Diana fritillary butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Speyeria diana File:Speyeria diana 234233304.jpg 2007[6]
California California dogface butterfly

(state butterfly)

Zerene eurydice File:Zerene eurydice 150367039.jpg 1972[7]
Colorado Colorado hairstreak Hypaurotis crysalus File:Hypaurotis crysalus 140995323.jpg 1996[8]
Connecticut European mantis Mantis religiosa File:Have you seen my husband - Flickr - Mamonello.jpg 1977[9]
Delaware Lady bug
(state bug)		 Coccinellidae File:BIEDRONA.JPG 1974[10]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg 1999[11]
Stonefly
(state macroinvertebrate)		 Order Plecoptera File:Pteronarcyidae.jpg 2005[12]
Florida Zebra longwing
(state butterfly)		 Heliconius charitonius File:Heliconius charithonia Kaldari 1 cropped.jpg 1996[13]
Georgia European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1975[14]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg 1988[15]
Hawaii Kamehameha butterfly Vanessa tameamea File:Starr-180723-0472-Acacia koa-with Kamehameha Butterfly Vanessa tameamea resting on underside of branch-Kipahulu Forest Reserve-Maui (44703967131).jpg 2009[16]
Idaho Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1992[17]
Illinois Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1975[18]
Indiana Say's firefly Pyractomena angulata File:Firefly composite.jpg 2018[19]
Kansas European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1976[20]
Kentucky European honey bee
(state agricultural insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 2010[21]
Viceroy butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Limenitis archippus File:Viceroy Butterfly.jpg 1990[22]
Louisiana European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1977[23]
Gulf fritillary (state butterfly) Dione vanillae Large orange butterfly with large white spots bordered in black, nectaring on small purple flowers 2022[24]
Maine European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1975[25]
Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly) Colias interior File:Pink-edged Sulphur, PE County.jpg 2023[26]
Maryland Baltimore checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas phaeton File:BaltimoreDS.jpg 1973[27]
Massachusetts Ladybug Family Coccinellidae File:BIEDRONA.JPG 1974[28]
Minnesota Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 2000[29]
Rusty patched bumblebee
(state bee)		 Bombus affinis A closeup of a yellow and black bee head on, against a black backdrop 2019[30]
Mississippi European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1980[31]
Spicebush swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio troilus File:Spicebush Swallowtail in August.jpg 1991[31]
Missouri European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1985[32]
Montana Mourning cloak butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Nymphalis antiopa File:Nymphalis antiopa.jpg 2001[33]
Nebraska European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1975[34]
Nevada Vivid dancer damselfly Argia vivida File:Vivid Dancer - Argia vivida, Packer Lake, California.jpg 2009[35]
New Hampshire ladybug
(state insect)		 Coccinellidae File:BIEDRONA.JPG 1977[36]
Karner blue butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Plebejus melissa samuelis File:Lycaeides melissa samuelis (cropped).jpg 1992[37]
New Jersey European honey bee
(state bug)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1974[38]
Black swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio polyxenes File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg 2014[39]
New Mexico Tarantula hawk wasp
(state insect)		 Pepsis grossa File:Pepsis sp 02.jpg 1989[40]
Sandia hairstreak
(state butterfly)		 Callophrys mcfarlandi File:Callophrys mcfarlandi 1.jpg 2003[41]
New York 9-spotted ladybug Coccinella novemnotata File:Coccinella novemnotata 1.jpg 1989[42]
North Carolina European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1973[43]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg 2012[44]
North Dakota Convergent lady beetle Hippodamia convergens File:Convergent Ladybeetle (29666700695).jpg 2011[45]
Ohio Ladybug Family Coccinellidae File:BIEDRONA.JPG 1975[46]
Oklahoma European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1992[47]
Black swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio polyxenes File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg 1996[47]
Oregon Oregon swallowtail Papilio oregonius File:Papiliooregoniusstamp.jpeg 1979[48]
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania firefly Photuris pennsylvanica File:Photuris pensylvanica.jpg 1974[49]
Rhode Island American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus File:Nicrophorus americanus - Sankt-Peterburg.jpg 2015[50]
South Carolina Carolina mantis
(state insect)		 Stagmomantis carolina File:Mantis2 6065.jpg 1988[51]
Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg 1994[52]
South Dakota European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1978[53]
Tennessee Common eastern firefly
(state insect)		 Photinus pyralis File:Photinus pyralis Firefly 2.jpg 1975[54]
ladybug
(state insect)		 Coccinellidae File:BIEDRONA.JPG 1975[54]
European honey bee
(state agricultural insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1990[54]
Zebra swallowtail
(state butterfly)		 Eurytides marcellus File:Eurytides marcellus 1 - Desert Botanical Garden.jpg 1995[54]
Texas Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1995[55]
Utah European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1983[56]
Vermont European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1978[57]
Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1987[58]
Virginia Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg [59]
Washington Green darner dragonfly Anax junius File:Green Darner.jpg 1997[60]
West Virginia European honey bee
(state insect)		 Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 2002[61]
Monarch butterfly
(state butterfly)		 Danaus plexippus File:Monarch In May.jpg 1995[62]
Wisconsin European honey bee Apis mellifera File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg 1977[63]
Wyoming Sheridan's green hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii File:Callophrys sheridanii 15737 (cropped).JPG 2009[64]

See also

References

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