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Buginfo: State Insects
URL: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/statebugs.htm

Description:
Quick list of the state insects for the "41 states in the United States [that] have officially designated State Insects." It also notes that "California was the first state of the United States to select a state insect. The Dogface Butterfly, Zerene eurydice, was officially adopted as the state insect of California in 1929." From the Smithsonian Institution.

LII Topics: General Resources, Insects & Arachnids, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Symbols

Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution

LII Database Information:
Record 26155 created by Jennifer English on 05/19/2008
Last modification on 05/27/2008
Published: 06/05/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26155

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