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Rhode Island: American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus: 2015 [50] South Carolina: Carolina mantis (state insect) Stagmomantis carolina: 1988 [51] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1994 [52] South Dakota: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1978 [53] Tennessee: Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus ...
The statue in 2008. The Big Blue Bug, also known as Nibbles Woodaway, is the giant termite mascot of Big Blue Bug Solutions located along I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island.It is claimed to be the world's largest artificial bug [1] at 928 times the size (by length) of an actual termite, standing 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and 58 feet (18 m) long and weighing 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]
What other state, besides Massachusetts and Connecticut, does Rhode Island border? Approximately how many Rhode Islands can fit inside Alaska – 100, 200, 400 or 600?
Flag of Rhode Island: 1640 (originally) 1916 (formally) Motto: Hope: Hope: 1664 Nickname: The Ocean State Little Rhody The Plantation State: The Ocean State Little Rhody The Plantation State: 1971 Seal: Seal of Rhode Island: 1644 Slogan: Unwind: Unwind: 2000 Coat of Arms: Coat of Arms of Rhode Island: 1822
The Carolina Mantid was designated as the state’s official insect in 1988 by Act Number 591. ... They are the most common type of mantid in the U.S., despite its name.
Oklahoma was the first state to name an official reptile, the common collared lizard, in 1969. Only two states followed in the 1970s, but the ensuing decades saw nominations at a rate of almost one per year. State birds are more common, with all 50 states naming one, and they were adopted earlier, with the first one selected in 1927.
Michigan and Iowa are the only two U.S. states lacking a designated state insect. Nobody's sure why. But some Grand Rapids fifth-graders are on it.