 The flag in its present form with its 4 white "fleur-de-lis" lilies on a blue background with a white cross replaced the Union Jack on Quebec's Parliament Building on January 21, 1948.In 1998 the Montreal Insectarium sponsored a poll to choose an official insect.The white admiral butterfly ("Limenitis arthemis") won with 32% of the 230 660 votes against the spotted lady beetle ("Coleomegilla maculata lengi"), the ebony jewelwing damselfly ("Calopteryx maculata"), a species of bumble bee ("Bombus impatiens") and the six-spotted tiger beetle ("Cicindela sexguttata sexguttata").