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The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly now is rare in Maryland. While it inhabits wetlands in the western and central regions of the State, its numbers have diminished. Formerly found in fifteen counties, now it only appears in seven. Most are in western Maryland, particularly Garrett County. Maryland Government Maryland Constitutional Offices ...
State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.
The Baltimore checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) is a North American butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has been the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland since 1973. [2] . The Baltimore checkerspot was named for the first Lord Baltimore due to its similarity of colors in the family crest. [3] .
Did you know the Maryland State Insect is the Baltimore Checkerspot ? The natural beauty of butterflies makes them attractive to people of all sorts. Butterflies can be found gliding across Maryland in woods, fields, yards and gardens.
The state insect of Maryland has been the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) 1 since it was made official in 1973. Although the specific law that allocated it as the state insect never gave the reason for its designation, the butterfly’s name has come to endear it to all Marylanders with its gold and black repeating George ...
The Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) butterfly is the Maryland State Insect, but is endangered like the Frosted Elfin, the King's Hairstreak and the Olympia Marble. Child butterfly wall mural, Aliceanna St., Baltimore, Maryland, October 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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)).
The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly now is rare in Maryland. While it inhabits wetlands in the western and central regions of the State, its numbers have diminished. Formerly found in fifteen counties, now it only appears in seven.
The Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, also known as Euphydryas phaeton, is a common North American butterfly known for being the state insect of Maryland since 1973.
Maryland State Insect - Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly 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)).