Adam'S Needle vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Yucca filamentosa compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

Adam'S Needle is Not Evaluated while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adam'S Needle	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Asparagaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Yucca	Andrena
Species	Yucca filamentosa	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Adam'S Needle

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adam'S Needle	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adam'S Needle

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Adam'S Needle

The Adam'S Needle (Yucca filamentosa) is a species in the genus Yucca. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, and Belgium.

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.