List of U.S. state insects

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		1989<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Queen Honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly and mascot)	Papilio glaucus		1989<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Alaska	Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly	Libellula quadrimaculata		1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Arizona	Two-tailed swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio multicaudata		2001<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Arkansas	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1973<ref name=ArkansasSymb>Arkansas - State symbols and emblems</ref>
	Diana fritillary butterfly (state butterfly)	Speyeria diana	File:Speyeria diana 234233304.jpg	2007<ref name=ArkansasSymb/>
California	California dogface butterfly (state butterfly)	Zerene eurydice	File:Zerene eurydice 150367039.jpg	1972<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Colorado	Colorado hairstreak	Hypaurotis crysalus	File:Hypaurotis crysalus 140995323.jpg	1996<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Connecticut	European mantis	Mantis religiosa	File:Have you seen my husband - Flickr - Mamonello.jpg	1977<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Delaware	Lady bug (state bug)	Coccinellidae	File:BIEDRONA.JPG	1974<ref>Delaware Code Title 29 § 309</ref>
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1999<ref>Delaware Code Title 29 § 315</ref>
	Stonefly (state macroinvertebrate)	Order Plecoptera	File:Pteronarcyidae.jpg	2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Florida	Zebra longwing (state butterfly)	Heliconius charitonius	File:Heliconius charithonia Kaldari 1 cropped.jpg	1996<ref>State Symbols Template:Webarchive</ref>
Georgia	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1975<ref>State Symbols Template:Webarchive of Georgia, Georgia General Assembly</ref>
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1988<ref>State Butterfly Template:Webarchive, Office of Secretary of State of Georgia website.</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Idaho	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Illinois	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Indiana	Say's firefly	Pyractomena angulata	File:Firefly composite.jpg	2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kansas	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kentucky	European honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly)	Limenitis archippus	File:Viceroy Butterfly.jpg	1990<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Louisiana	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1977<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Gulf fritillary (state butterfly)	Dione vanillae	Large orange butterfly with large white spots bordered in black, nectaring on small purple flowers	2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Maine	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly)	Colias interior	File:Pink-edged Sulphur, PE County.jpg	2023<ref>Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 9, Subchapter 1, Section 231</ref>
Maryland	Baltimore checkerspot butterfly	Euphydryas phaeton	File:BaltimoreDS.jpg	1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Massachusetts	Ladybug	Family Coccinellidae	File:BIEDRONA.JPG	1974<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Minnesota	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		2000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Rusty patched bumblebee (state bee)	Bombus affinis	A closeup of a yellow and black bee head on, against a black backdrop	2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mississippi	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1980<ref name=MissSymbols>State Symbols Template:Webarchive, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29</ref>
	Spicebush swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio troilus	File:Spicebush Swallowtail in August.jpg	1991<ref name=MissSymbols/>
Missouri	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Montana	Mourning cloak butterfly (state butterfly)	Nymphalis antiopa	File:Nymphalis antiopa.jpg	2001<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Nebraska	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Nevada	Vivid dancer damselfly	Argia vivida	File:Vivid Dancer - Argia vivida, Packer Lake, California.jpg	2009<ref>"Designates the official state insect of Nevada. (BDR 19-914)", Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 2017-03-28</ref>
New Hampshire	ladybug (state insect)	Coccinellidae	File:BIEDRONA.JPG	1977<ref name="New Hampshire Revised Statutes">[1]. Retrieved 2025-02-26.</ref>
	Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly)	Plebejus melissa samuelis	File:Lycaeides melissa samuelis (cropped).jpg	1992<ref name="New Hampshire Almanac">State Animal, the New Hampshire Almanac, New Hampshire State Library. Retrieved 2008-03-29.</ref>
New Jersey	European honey bee (state bug)	Apis mellifera		1974<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Black swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio polyxenes	File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg	2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
New Mexico	Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect)	Pepsis grossa	File:Pepsis sp 02.jpg	1989<ref>Welcome to the New Mexico State Capitol Template:Webarchive (brochure), New Mexico Legislature. Retrieved 2008-03-29.</ref>
	Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly)	Callophrys mcfarlandi	File:Callophrys mcfarlandi 1.jpg	2003<ref>House Bill 13, 46th Legislature of the State of New Mexico. Retrieved 2008-03-29.</ref>
New York	9-spotted ladybug	Coccinella novemnotata	File:Coccinella novemnotata 1.jpg	1989<ref>"Symbols of New York State", New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2008-03-30</ref>
North Carolina	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1973<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		2012<ref>State butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (NCpedia)</ref>
North Dakota	Convergent lady beetle	Hippodamia convergens	File:Convergent Ladybeetle (29666700695).jpg	2011<ref>State Insect ND.gov </ref>
Ohio	Ladybug	Family Coccinellidae	File:BIEDRONA.JPG	1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Oklahoma	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1992<ref name="Oklahoma Almanac">Oklahoma Almanac, State Emblems (pp. 37-40)</ref>
	Black swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio polyxenes	File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg	1996<ref name="Oklahoma Almanac"/>
Oregon	Oregon swallowtail	Papilio oregonius	File:Papiliooregoniusstamp.jpeg	1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania firefly	Photuris pennsylvanica	File:Photuris pensylvanica.jpg	1974<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Rhode Island	American burying beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	File:Nicrophorus americanus - Sankt-Peterburg.jpg	2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
South Carolina	Carolina mantis (state insect)	Stagmomantis carolina	File:Mantis2 6065.jpg	1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly)	Papilio glaucus		1994<ref>The State Butterfly, South Carolina Legislature Online. Retrieved 2008-03-29</ref>
South Dakota	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1978<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Tennessee	Common eastern firefly (state insect)	Photinus pyralis	File:Photinus pyralis Firefly 2.jpg	1975<ref name="Tennessee State Symbols">State Symbols Template:Webarchive, Tennessee Department of State. Retrieved 2008-03-29</ref>
	ladybug (state insect)	Coccinellidae	File:BIEDRONA.JPG	1975<ref name="Tennessee State Symbols"/>
	European honey bee (state agricultural insect)	Apis mellifera		1990<ref name="Tennessee State Symbols"/>
	Zebra swallowtail (state butterfly)	Eurytides marcellus	File:Eurytides marcellus 1 - Desert Botanical Garden.jpg	1995<ref name="Tennessee State Symbols"/>
Texas	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus		1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Utah	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1983<ref>Utah State Insect - Honey Bee Template:Webarchive from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08</ref>
Vermont	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		1978<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1987<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Virginia	Eastern tiger swallowtail (state insect)	Papilio glaucus		1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	European honey bee (state pollinator)	Apis mellifera	File:Apis mellifera Western honey bee.jpg	2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Washington	Green darner dragonfly	Anax junius	File:Green Darner.jpg	1997<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
West Virginia	European honey bee (state insect)	Apis mellifera		2002<ref>Template:Cite web Page 21 (547).</ref>
	Monarch butterfly (state butterfly)	Danaus plexippus		1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Wisconsin	European honey bee	Apis mellifera		1977<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Wyoming	Sheridan's green hairstreak	Callophrys sheridanii	File:Callophrys sheridanii 15737 (cropped).JPG	2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Lists of United States state insignia