Absinth Sagewort vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Artemisia absinthium compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

• Absinth Sagewort is Not Evaluated while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Absinth Sagewort	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Andrenidae
Genus	Artemisia	Andrena
Species	Artemisia absinthium	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Absinth Sagewort

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Absinth Sagewort	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Absinth Sagewort

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (Georgia, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (21 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Absinth Sagewort

The Absinth Sagewort (Artemisia absinthium) is a species in the genus Artemisia. It is not yet evaluated on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Argentina, Australia, Belarus, and 2 other countries, inhabiting diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden