1973
Maryland's state insect is the checkerspot butterfly.
the maryland Sate insect has been the Baltimore checkerspot since 1973
1937
The Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly is the official insect of Maryland. Baltimore Checkerspots do not prey on any other insects. They eat the nectar of milkweed, mountain mint, and wild blackberry.
A beetle is a crawling insect that starts with the letter B.
it is the state insect because the chresint colors of lord boltimor where the same that of the boltimore chekerspot. that is why
it became states insect in 1973 (i researched on this I'm in 6 th grade.) bye
The Euphydryas Phaeton butterfly typically reproduces once a year during the breeding season. The females lay eggs on host plants where the larvae will hatch and develop before forming a chrysalis and emerging as adult butterflies.
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.
No, they are an insect because later in their life they become a butterfly which is an insect!! I smart!! yay
a caterpillar.
it had babies