Asian marshweed vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Limnophila sessiliflora compared with Andrena varians

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian marshweed	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Plantaginaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Limnophila	Andrena
Species	Limnophila sessiliflora	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Asian marshweed

LC — Least Concern

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian marshweed	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian marshweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Bhutan, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Slovakia), and North America (United States).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Asian marshweed

The Asian marshweed (Limnophila sessiliflora) is a species in the genus Limnophila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan an. Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Bhutan, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Slovakia), and North America (United States).

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.