Adriatic soapwort vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Saponaria calabrica compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

Adriatic soapwort is Not Evaluated while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adriatic soapwort	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Saponaria	Andrena
Species	Saponaria calabrica	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Adriatic soapwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adriatic soapwort	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adriatic soapwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Sweden.

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Adriatic soapwort

The Adriatic soapwort (Saponaria calabrica) is a species in the genus Saponaria. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia and Sweden.

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.