Anthracite Bee-fly vs Vegetable fern

Anthrax anthrax compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Anthracite Bee-fly	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Bombyliidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anthrax	Diplazium
Species	Anthrax anthrax	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Anthracite Bee-fly

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Anthracite Bee-fly	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Anthracite Bee-fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Anthracite Bee-fly

The Anthracite Bee-fly (Anthrax anthrax) is a species in the genus Anthrax. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.