First State Insect
The California dogface butterfly has been the state insect of the U.S. state of California since 1972. Its endemic range is limited to the state. California was the first state to choose a state insect — and thus, to choose a butterfly — though most of the other states have now followed, and many even have both a state insect and state butterfly.
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Famous quotes containing the words state and/or insect:
“For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Philippians, 4:11.
“I fear no man, no woman;
flower does not fear
bird, insect nor adder.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)