alpine lady's-mantle vs Small Sandpit Mining Bee

Alchemilla alpina compared with Andrena argentata

Key Differences

• alpine lady's-mantle is Least Concern while Small Sandpit Mining Bee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	Small Sandpit Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Andrenidae
Genus	Alchemilla	Andrena
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Andrena argentata

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

Small Sandpit Mining Bee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	Small Sandpit Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Small Sandpit Mining Bee

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Ethiopia, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden