Aaron'S Rod vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Verbascum thapsus compared with Andrena varians

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aaron'S Rod	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Scrophulariaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Verbascum	Andrena
Species	Verbascum thapsus	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Aaron'S Rod

LC — Least Concern

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aaron'S Rod	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aaron'S Rod

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Aaron'S Rod

The Aaron'S Rod (Verbascum thapsus) is a species in the genus Verbascum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Argentina, Australia, Belgium, and 2 other countries, inhabiting Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Pale.

Blackthorn Mining Bee

The Blackthorn Mining Bee (Andrena varians) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.