HARTFORD — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its bug-to-be ...

The official state insect is the European praying mantis. The reason why they want it changed is right in the name: European. The students want to honor a species native to Connecticut. Good ...

The spring azure butterfly and autumn meadowhawk dragonfly came up as possibilities as they are native to the state. As Connecticut loves to do, a working group to study the insect issue was ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — There is an invasive insect spreading across Connecticut, and it is threatening at least two forms of agriculture. The state is now on a mission to raise awareness of ...

“By having a non-native European praying mantis as our state insect, we are overlooking the thousands of native insects that are present in Connecticut’s ecosystem,” Katherine Boye Williams ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When it comes ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its ...