The monarch butterfly is beautiful and amazing. It is so special and wonderful that it became Idaho's state insect in 1992.
the state reptile for Washington is the gecko.
A reason. That's why.
There are two different types of monarch. A monarch can be a king or queen of a country (or territory)/ the sovereign head of state; in which case their traditional residence would be a castle. Or, Monarch can refer to the Monarch Butterfly. Monarch Butterflies are fairly cosmopolitan in distribution and are found on most temperate continents, although are found in large numbers in north and central America. They would traditionally live in open areas, meadows and lightly wooded areas.
The Euphydryas Phaeton butterfly, also known as the Baltimore Checkerspot, is the official insect for the state of Maryland. It reproduces once each year, in the late summer.
The Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly was named after Lord Baltimore. and became the Maryland state butterfly in 1793
The Monarch Butterfly is the official state insect in Alabama. The legislature made the Monarch Butterfly the state insect in 1989.
The Texas state insect is a Monarch Butterfly.
The state insect for Texas is the Monarch Butterfly.
The Monarch Butterfly.
The official state insect of Idaho is the Monarch Butterfly.
The state insect for Texas is the Monarch Butterfly.
Officially, the Monarch butterfly.
the Texas state insect is the monarch butterfly.
the state insect of Idaho is the Monarch Butterfly. (note:people state it different on the web, but I proof-checked mine)
The Monarch butterfly became the Texas state insect by a 1995 resolution of the state legislature .
As an example of what?15 of the 41 states with a "state insect" have Apis mellifera as their state insect (not counting Tennessee which has it as the state agricultural insect, with the 7-spotted ladybug as the state insect period). It's by far the most popular choice; the second most common one is the Monarch butterfly (5 states; another 2 have it as the state butterfly but not the state insect, and Kentucky has the Viceroy butterfly, which looks almost identical to the Monarch but is a different species, as its state insect).
Yes. Montana's state insect is the Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) Butterfly.