The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) has been the official arthropodic emblem of the State since 1973 (Chapter 253, Acts of 1973; Code State Government Article, sec. 13-301(a)). Although the law that made it the State Insect did not give a reason for the designation, certainly the Butterfly's name endears it to Marylanders.
the monarch butterfly
Cardinal.
The West Virginia state bird is a Cardinal
the state flower is the American dogwood and the state bird is the cardinal.
The Cardinal was adopted as West Virginia's state bird on January 29, 1903.
West Virginia's state bird is the cardinal.
Northern Cardinal is the state bird of West Virginia.
Norfolk, Virginia is a city, not a state. Therefore, it is not eligible for a state bird and has none.
Virginia's state bird is the Northern Cardinal.
The northern cardinal became Virginia's state bird in 1950.
The State bird of West Virginia is the Cardinal.
Illinois, Kentucky,Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia all share the Cardinal as their state bird.
In reality, there are six states with the cardinal as their state bird: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Flowering-dogwoodThe Virginia state tree is the Cornus Florida. It is a flowering dogwood tree. Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree.