List of U.S. state insects
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 |
| Queen Honey bee (state agricultural insect) | Apis mellifera | .jpg) | 2015 | |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly and mascot) | Papilio glaucus |  | 1989 | |
| Alaska | Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly | Libellula quadrimaculata |  | 1995 |
| Arizona | Two-tailed swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio multicaudata |  | 2001 |
| Arkansas | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera |  | 1973 |
| Diana fritillary butterfly (state butterfly) | Speyeria diana |  | 2007 | |
| California | California dogface butterfly
(state butterfly) |
Zerene eurydice |  | 1972 |
| Colorado | Colorado hairstreak | Hypaurotis crysalus |  | 1996 |
| Connecticut | European mantis | Mantis religiosa |  | 1977 |
| Delaware | Lady bug (state bug) | Coccinellidae |  | 1974 |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | | 1999 | |
| Stonefly (state macroinvertebrate) | Order Plecoptera |  | 2005 | |
| Blue dasher (state dragonfly) | Pachydiplax longipennis |  | 2025 | |
| Florida | Zebra longwing (state butterfly) | Heliconius charitonius |  | 1996 |
| Georgia | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1975 |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | | 1988 | |
| Hawaii | Kamehameha butterfly | Vanessa tameamea | .jpg) | 2009 |
| Idaho | Monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | | 1992 |
| Illinois | Monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | | 1975 |
| Black and Gold Bumble Bee
(state bee) |
Bombus auricomus |  |
2026 | |
| Indiana | Say's firefly | Pyractomena angulata |  | 2018 |
| Kansas | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1976 |
| Kentucky | European honey bee (state agricultural insect) | Apis mellifera | | 2010 |
| Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly) | Limenitis archippus |  | 1990 | |
| Louisiana | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1977 |
| Gulf fritillary (state butterfly) | Dione vanillae | .jpg) |
2022 | |
| Maine | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1975 |
| Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly) | Colias interior |  | 2023 | |
| Maryland | Baltimore checkerspot butterfly | Euphydryas phaeton |  | 1973 |
| Massachusetts | Ladybug | Family Coccinellidae | | 1974 |
| Minnesota | Monarch butterfly (state butterfly) | Danaus plexippus | | 2000 |
| Rusty patched bumblebee (state bee) | Bombus affinis | .jpg) | 2019 | |
| Mississippi | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1980 |
| Spicebush swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio troilus |  | 1991 | |
| Missouri | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1985 |
| Montana | Mourning cloak butterfly (state butterfly) | Nymphalis antiopa |  | 2001 |
| Nebraska | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1975 |
| Nevada | Vivid dancer damselfly | Argia vivida |  | 2009 |
| New Hampshire | ladybug (state insect) | Coccinellidae | | 1977 |
| Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly) | Plebejus melissa samuelis | .jpg) | 1992 | |
| New Jersey | European honey bee (state bug) | Apis mellifera | | 1974 |
| Black swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio polyxenes |  | 2014 | |
| New Mexico | Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect) | Pepsis grossa |  | 1989 |
| Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) | Callophrys mcfarlandi |  | 2003 | |
| New York | 9-spotted ladybug | Coccinella novemnotata |  | 1989 |
| North Carolina | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1973 |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | | 2012 | |
| North Dakota | Convergent lady beetle | Hippodamia convergens | .jpg) | 2011 |
| Ohio | Ladybug | Family Coccinellidae | | 1975 |
| Oklahoma | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1992 |
| Black swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio polyxenes | | 1996 | |
| Oregon | Oregon swallowtail | Papilio oregonius |  | 1979 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania firefly | Photuris pennsylvanica |  | 1974 |
| Rhode Island | American burying beetle | Nicrophorus americanus |  | 2015 |
| South Carolina | Carolina mantis (state insect) | Stagmomantis carolina |  | 1988 |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | | 1994 | |
| South Dakota | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1978 |
| Tennessee | Common eastern firefly (state insect) | Photinus pyralis |  | 1975 |
| ladybug (state insect) | Coccinellidae | | 1975 | |
| European honey bee (state agricultural insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1990 | |
| Zebra swallowtail (state butterfly) | Eurytides marcellus |  | 1995 | |
| Texas | Monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | | 1995 |
| Utah | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1983 |
| Vermont | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 1978 |
| Monarch butterfly (state butterfly) | Danaus plexippus | | 1987 | |
| Virginia | Eastern tiger swallowtail
(state insect) |
Papilio glaucus | | 1991 |
| European honey bee
(state pollinator) |
Apis mellifera |  |
2024 | |
| Washington | Green darner dragonfly | Anax junius |  | 1997 |
| West Virginia | European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | | 2002 |
| Monarch butterfly (state butterfly) | Danaus plexippus | | 1995 | |
| Wisconsin | European honey bee | Apis mellifera | | 1977 |
| Wyoming | Sheridan's green hairstreak | Callophrys sheridanii | .JPG) | 2009 |
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