Tuesday, March 8, 2011

State insects!

We already know Ohio's state insect...The convergent lady beetle!


Here are some other state insects...

New Mexico: Tarantula hawk wasphttp://callprobest.com/blog/2010/08/in-the-desert-the-tarantula-hawk-probest-pest-blog

South Carolina: Carolina Mantid
http://bugguide.net/node/view/325482 : Lori

New Hampshire (State butterfly): Karner Blue Butterfly

New Hampshire State Insect: Two spotted lady beetle

Alaska: Four-spot skimmer dragonflyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four-spotted_Skimmer.jpg

Source: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Lists/state_insects.html

2 comments:

  1. Cool post idea. Have all states chose insect "mascots"? Or just some? What is Michigan's?
    Thanks,
    Andy

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  2. Nope...not state insect for Michgan. I was pretty bummed to find that out...

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