Black Bent vs Black Mining Bee

Agrostis gigantea compared with Andrena pilipes

Key Differences

• Black Bent is Least Concern while Black Mining Bee is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bent	Black Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (نباتات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)	Arthropoda (مفصليات الأرجل)
Class	Liliopsida (زنبقانية)	Insecta (حشرات)
Order	Poales (قبئيات)	Hymenoptera (غشائيات الأجنحة)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Andrenidae
Genus	Agrostis	Andrena
Species	Agrostis gigantea	Andrena pilipes

Conservation Status

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Black Mining Bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bent	Black Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Black Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Black Mining Bee

The Black Mining Bee (Andrena pilipes) is a species in the genus Andrena. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Its geographic range spans Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden