list of U.S. state insects
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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.More than half of the insects chosen are not native to
North America, because of the inclusion of three
European species (
European honey bee,
European mantis, and
7-spotted ladybird), each having been chosen by multiple states.
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bgcolor="#CCCCCC"! State !! State insect !! Binomial name !! Image !! Year
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! rowspan=3 | Alabama| Monarch (butterfly) | (state insect) > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1989HTTP://WWW.ARCHIVES.STATE.AL.US/EMBLEMS/ST_INSEC.HTML >TITLE=OFFICIAL ALABAMA INSECT | DATE=2001-07-12 | PUBLISHER=ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY, |
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| Queen European honey bee | (state agricultural insect) > | Apis mellifera > | 150px) | 2005HTTPS://LEGISCAN.COM/AL/TEXT/HB286/2015>TITLE=ALABAMA HB286 | 2015 | REGULAR SESSION, |
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail(state butterfly and mascot) | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine_Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail.jpg | | |
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! Alaska| Four-spotted chaser | > | Libellula quadrimaculata > | 150px) | 1995HTTPS://ALASKA.GOV/KIDS/STUDENT.HTM>TITLE = ALASKA KIDS' CORNER, STATE OF ALASKA, |
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! Arizona| Two-tailed swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio multicaudata | (File:Papilio multicaudata.jpg | | |
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! rowspan=2 | Arkansas| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | 1973Arkansas - State symbols and emblems |
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| Diana fritillary | (state butterfly) > | Speyeria diana > | 150px) | 2007 |
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! California| California dogface butterfly (state butterfly) | Zerene eurydice | (File:Zerene eurydice 150367039.jpg | | |
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! Colorado| Colorado hairstreak | Hypaurotis crysalus | (File:Hypaurotis crysalus 140995323.jpg | | |
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! Connecticut| European mantis | Mantis religiosa | (File:Have you seen my husband - Flickr - Mamonello.jpg | | |
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! rowspan=3 | Delaware| Coccinella septempunctata | (state bug) > | Coccinella septempunctata > | 150px) | 1974Delaware Code Title 29 § 309 |
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg | | 1999Delaware Code Title 29 § 315 |
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| Stonefly(state macroinvertebrate) | Order Plecoptera | (File:Pteronarcyidae.jpg | | |
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! Florida| Zebra longwing (state butterfly) | Heliconius charitonius | (File:Heliconius charithonia Kaldari 1 cropped.jpg | | State Symbols {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707024909weblink |date=2007-07-07 }} |
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! rowspan=2 | Georgia| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | State Symbols {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212213027weblink |date=2008-02-12 }} of Georgia, Georgia General Assembly |
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg | | State Butterfly {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128153245weblink |date=2007-11-28 }}, Office of Secretary of State of Georgia website. |
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! Hawaii| Kamehameha butterfly | Vanessa tameamea | (File:Starr-180723-0472-Acacia koa-with Kamehameha Butterfly Vanessa tameamea resting on underside of branch-Kipahulu Forest Reserve-Maui (44703967131).jpg | | | FIRST=JEANNE | WORK=SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 2009-08-21, |
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! Idaho| Monarch (butterfly) | > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1992HTTP://WWW.SHGRESOURCES.COM/ID/SYMBOLS/INSECT/ >TITLE=IDAHO SYMBOLS, INSECT: MONARCH BUTTERFLY | WORK=IDAHO STATE SYMBOLS, EMBLEMS, AND MASCOTS | ARCHIVE-DATE=2012-02-08 | URL-STATUS=DEAD, |
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! Illinois| Monarch (butterfly) | > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1975HTTP://WWW.MUSEUM.STATE.IL.US/EXHIBITS/SYMBOLS/INSECT.HTML >TITLE=STATE SYMBOL: ILLINOIS OFFICIAL INSECT — MONARCH BUTTERFLY (DANAUS PLEXIPPUS) | WORK=[ILLINOIS] STATE SYMBOLS, Illinois State Museum, |
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! Indiana| Pyractomena angulata | > | Pyractomena angulata > | 150px) | 2018HTTPS://WWW.INDYSTAR.COM/STORY/NEWS/EDUCATION/2018/02/27/SAYS-FIREFLY-BECOME-STATE-INSECT-AFTER-BILL-BLAZES-ITS-WAY-THROUGH-INDIANA-HOUSE/377640002/ >TITLE=SAY'S FIREFLY TO BECOME STATE INSECT AFTER BILL LIGHTS ITS WAY THROUGH THE INDIANA HOUSE, 2018-02-28, |
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! Kansas| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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! rowspan=2 | Kentucky| European honey bee(state agricultural insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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| Viceroy butterfly(state butterfly) | Limenitis archippus | (File:Viceroy Butterfly.jpg | | |
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! rowspan="2" | Louisiana| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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|Gulf fritillary (state butterfly)|Dione vanillae| alt=Large orange butterfly with large white spots bordered in black, nectaring on small purple flowers | 150x150px) | |
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! rowspan=2 | Maine| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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| Colias interior | (state butterfly) > | Colias interior > | 150px) | 2023Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 9, Subchapter 1, Section 231 |
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! Maryland| Baltimore checkerspot butterfly | Euphydryas phaeton | (File:BaltimoreDS.jpg | | | ACCESS-DATE=2007-04-08 | ARCHIVE-DATE=2014-02-27, dead, |
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! Massachusetts| Ladybug | Family Coccinellidae | (File:BIEDRONA.JPG | | | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20040727080643/HTTP://WWW.SEC.STATE.MA.US/CIS/CISMAF/MF1A.HTM | TITLE=CIS: STATE SYMBOLS, |
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! rowspan=2 | Minnesota| Monarch (butterfly) | (state butterfly) > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 2000HTTP://WWW.HOUSE.LEG.STATE.MN.US/HINFO/GOVSER/GOVSER2.PDF >ACCESS-DATE=2008-03-26 | PUBLISHER= MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, |
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| Bombus affinis | (state bee) > | Bombus affinis > | 150px | | | TITLE=MEET THE RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE, MINNESOTA'S NEW BEE AMBASSADOR | ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 5, 2021 | NPR NEWS >DATE=MAY 31, 2019 | ARCHIVE-DATE=JANUARY 23, 2021, live, |
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! rowspan=2 | Mississippi| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | State Symbols {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104165906weblink |date=2009-11-04 }}, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29 |
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| Spicebush swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio troilus | (File:Spicebush Swallowtail in August.jpg | | 1991 |
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! Missouri| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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! Montana| Nymphalis antiopa | (state butterfly) > | Nymphalis antiopa > | 150px) | 2001HTTP://FWP.MT.GOV/MTOUTDOORS/HTML/ARTICLES/2011/STATESYMBOLS.HTM >URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2011-04-01, State Symbols, |
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! Nebraska| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | ARCHIVE-DATE = 2015-03-29, File not found | School pf Natural Resources | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, |
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! | Nevada| Argia vivida | > | Argia vivida > | 150px) | 2009the official state insect of Nevada. (BDR 19-914)", Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 2017-03-28 |
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! rowspan=2 | New Hampshire| Coccinella septempunctata | (state insect)> | Coccinella septempunctata > | 150px) | 1977State Animal, the New Hampshire Almanac, New Hampshire State Library. Retrieved 2008-03-29. |
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| Karner blue | (state butterfly) > | Plebejus melissa samuelis > | 150px) | 1992 |
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! rowspan=2 | New Jersey| European honey bee(state bug) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | |
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| Black swallowtail(state butterfly) | Papilio polyxenes | (File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg | | | ACCESS-DATE=2020-07-19 | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20200719230809/HTTPS://WWW.NJLEG.STATE.NJ.US/2014/BILLS/S1000/939_I1.PDF, dead, |
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! rowspan=2 | New Mexico| Pepsis grossa | (state insect)> | Pepsis grossa > | 150px) | 1989Welcome to the New Mexico State Capitol {{Webarchive | weblink >date=2014-02-21 }} (brochure), New Mexico Legislature. Retrieved 2008-03-29. |
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| Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) | Callophrys mcfarlandi | (File:Callophrys mcfarlandi 1.jpg | | 2003House Bill 13, 46th Legislature of the State of New Mexico. Retrieved 2008-03-29. |
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! | New York| Coccinella novemnotata | > | Coccinella novemnotata > | 150px) | 1989"Symbols of New York State", New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2008-03-30 |
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! rowspan=2 |North Carolina| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | URL=HTTP://STATELIBRARY.DCR.STATE.NC.US/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM | ACCESS-DATE=2008-01-26 | ARCHIVE-DATE=2008-02-06, dead, |
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg | | 2012State butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (NCpedia) |
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! North Dakota| Convergent lady beetle | Hippodamia convergens | (File:Convergent Ladybeetle (29666700695).jpg | | 2011State Insect ND.gov |
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! Ohio| Ladybug | Family Coccinellidae | (File:BIEDRONA.JPG | | | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180818214600/HTTPS://WWW.SOS.STATE.OH.US/PROFILE-OHIO/THINGS/SYMBOLS-OF-OHIO/ | TITLE=SYMBOLS OF OHIO - OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, |
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! rowspan=2 | Oklahoma| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | 1992Oklahoma Almanac, State Emblems (pp. 37-40) |
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| Black swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio polyxenes | (File:Pristine Black Swallowtail.jpg | | 1996 |
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! Oregon| Oregon swallowtail | Papilio oregonius | (File:Papiliooregoniusstamp.jpeg | | |
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! Pennsylvania| Photuris pennsylvanica | > | Photuris pennsylvanica > | 150px) | 1974HTTP://WWW.LEGIS.STATE.PA.US/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1974/0/0059..HTM >TITLE=ACT OF APR. 10, 1974, P.L. 247, NO. 59 | PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY >ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 26, 2012, |
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! Rhode Island| Nicrophorus americanus | > | Nicrophorus americanus > | 150px) | 2015HTTP://WWW.920WHJJ.COM/ARTICLES/PROVIDENCE-LOCAL-NEWS-122060/STATE-INSECT-BILL-APPROVED-13590326 >TITLE=STATE INSECT BILL APPROVED | WORK=NEWSRADIO 920 WHJJ, |
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! rowspan=2 | South Carolina| Carolina mantis (state insect) | Stagmomantis carolina | (File:Mantis2 6065.jpg | | | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-01-09 | PUBLISHER=SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY | ONLINE >ACCESS-DATE=2012-10-01, |
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg | | weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030530222518weblink">The State Butterfly, South Carolina General Assembly>South Carolina Legislature Online. Retrieved 2008-03-29 |
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! South Dakota| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | WORK=LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS | ACCESS-DATE=15 OCTOBER 2015, 33, |
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! rowspan=4 | Tennessee| Photinus pyralis | (state insect) > | Photinus pyralis > | 150px) | 1975State Symbols {{webarchive | weblink >date=2008-07-24 }}, Tennessee Department of State. Retrieved 2008-03-29 |
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| Coccinella septempunctata | (state insect) > | Coccinella septempunctata > | 150px) | 1975 |
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| European honey bee (state agricultural insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | 1990 |
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| Zebra swallowtail (state butterfly) | Eurytides marcellus | (File:Eurytides marcellus 1 - Desert Botanical Garden.jpg | | 1995 |
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! Texas| Monarch (butterfly) | > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1995HTTP://WWW.TSL.STATE.TX.US/REF/ABOUTTX/SYMBOLS.HTML >ACCESS-DATE=2008-03-26 | PUBLISHER=THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, |
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! Utah| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | Utah State Insect - Honey Bee {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114180840weblink |date=2012-11-14 }} from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08 |
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! rowspan=2 | Vermont| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | TITLE=(VERMONT) STATE INSECT | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-02-22, |
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| Monarch (butterfly) | (state butterfly) > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1987HTTP://LIBRARIES.VERMONT.GOV/SITES/LIBRARIES/FILES/HTML/BUTTERFLY.HTM > ACCESS-DATE=2008-03-26 | PUBLISHER=VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20090221235232/HTTP://LIBRARIES.VERMONT.GOV/SITES/LIBRARIES/FILES/HTML/BUTTERFLY.HTM, 2009-02-21, |
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! Virginia| Eastern tiger swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | (File:Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg | | |
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! Washington| Green darner | > | Anax junius > | 150px) | 1997SYMBOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE > PUBLISHER = WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | ACCESS-DATE =2007-03-11 | ARCHIVE-DATE = 2007-03-05, |
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! rowspan=2 | West Virginia| European honey bee (state insect) | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | TITLE=APPENDIX A/STATE PROFILE (STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FY 2009 EXECUTIVE BUDGET) | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2008-04-11, Page 21 (547). |
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| Monarch (butterfly) | (state butterfly) > | Danaus plexippus > | 150px) | 1995HTTP://WWW.WV.GOV/DOCUMENTS/STATGENINFO.PDF >ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 31, 2010 | PUBLISHER=OFFICIAL WEST VIRGINIA WEB PORTAL | ARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 22, 2016, dead, |
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! Wisconsin| European honey bee | Apis mellifera | (File:Apis mellifera bi.jpg | | | URL=HTTP://WWW.WISCONSIN.GOV/STATE/CORE/WISCONSIN_STATE_SYMBOLS.HTML | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2010-01-12, |
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! Wyoming| Sheridan's green hairstreak | Callophrys sheridanii | (File:Callophrys sheridanii 15737 (cropped).JPG | | | URL = HTTP://SOSWY.STATE.WY.US/INFORMATION/STATEINFO_SYMBOLS.ASPX | URL-STATUS = DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE = 2013-12-24, |
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