Nearly every state has a state insect or butterfly, with only two states not having one: Iowa and Michigan, as well as the District of Columbia. The first state to adopt a state insect was California.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will showcase and celebrate the state insect, the California dogface butterfly, at its open house from 1 to 4 p.m. July 16.

But what about our state insect or our state fabric? Click through the gallery above to discover some of California’s official state symbols. Learn more at the California State Library, pdne.ws ...

Nearly every state has an official insect or butterfly, meet yours. There's plenty of things to buzz about when comes to each state. Nearly every state has an official insect or butterfly, ...

California wine industry leaders are warning of a "serious threat" following the discovery that eggs of an invasive insect species were recently shipped to the Golden State.

Richard C Cobb, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Most of Californias population resides within or adjacent to the ...

There are 44 such state symbols set by state law, he said in an email, and “several other presumably edible state symbols, like the state insect, but I wouldn’t recommend it” as food.

Eggs of grapevine-gobbling insect snagged en route to California. ... No adult spotted lanterflies have been reported in the state, Collins said. California is responsible for an average of 81% ...