What are our state insects?

Many states have selected insects as one of their state symbols. Mississippi's state insect is the Honey Bee. We also have a state butterfly, the Spicebush Swallowtail pictured below:

Other state insects include:

• Alabama - monarch butterfly
• Arkansas - honey bee
• California - California dogface butterfly
• Colorado - Colorado hairstreak butterfly
• Connecticut - European praying mantis
• Delaware - convergent ladybird beetle
• Florida - Zebra Longwing
• Georgia - honey bee (insect); tiger swallowtail (butterfly)
• Illinois - monarch butterfly
• Iowa - ladybug
• Kansas - honey bee
• Kentucky - viceroy butterfly
• Louisiana - honey bee
• Maine - honey bee
• Maryland - Baltimore checkerspot butterfly
• Massachusetts - ladybug
• Mississippi - honey bee (insect); spicebush swallowtail (butterfly)
• Missouri - honey bee
• Nebraska - honey bee
• New Hampshire - ladybug
• New Jersey - honey bee
• New Mexico - tarantula hawk wasp
• New York - nine-spotted ladybird beetle
• North Carolina - honey bee
• Ohio - ladybug (insect); tiger swallowtail (butterfly)
• Oregon - Oregon swallowtail butterfly
• Pennsylvania - firefly
• South Carolina - Carolina mantis
• South Dakota - honey bee
• Tennessee - ladybug and firefly
• Utah - honey bee
• Vermont - monarch butterfly
• Virginia - tiger swallowtail butterfly
• Washington - green darner dragonfly
• Wisconsin - honey bee
• Wyoming - western swallowtail butterfly