Students from Highland Park Public Elementary School urged adoption of a bill to make the lightening bug the State's official insect. This was done as a school project in March of 1974. My father, Thomas Haefner, was principal at that school at the time and I remember working on that project.
The Pennsylvania firefly is one of the two state insects of Pennsylvania. The common firefly is a state insect of Tennessee.
The firefly.
There are actually two Tennessee state insects, they are the ladybug and firefly.
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yes a Firefly is a bettle because it's not in the Fly Order.
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An adult firefly weighs under an ounce and is a very small insect. The firefly can be found in locations around the world.
* The Zebra Swallowtail is the Official State Butterfly. * The Honeybee is the State Agricultural Insect. * The lightning bug and ladybug are Official State Insects.
There are two: The firefly and the ladybug. :)
Firefly
No it is not it eat plants