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Find information on the official State Insects and Butterflies of each of the states that have adopted one.
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US Official State InsectsUS Symbols Online: Listing of Official State InsectsFind images, descriptions, taxonomic hierarchy, and a history of the state insect and state butterfly representing the state symbols for each of the 50 states. Lists their basic characteristics, including history, description, and characteristics. Access state almanac; sections on the state that list state facts such as state symbols, including the state insect, state butterfly, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal, state symbol, state flag, and state capital.
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State Insects
Many states have selected insects as one of their state
symbols, however nine states (out of 50) have no official state insect as of 2008 .
in·sect (in′sekt′) noun 1. any of a large class (Insecta) of small arthropod animals characterized, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usually, two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes 2. popularly any small arthropod, usually wingless, including spiders, centipedes, pill bugs, and mites but·ter·fly (-flī′) noun pl. -·flies′ 1. any of various families of lepidopteran insects active in the daytime, having a sucking mouthpart, slender body, ropelike, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually brightly colored, membranous wings |
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