Asian Wild Raspberry vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Rubus ellipticus compared with Andrena varians

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Wild Raspberry	Blackthorn 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	Rubus	Andrena
Species	Rubus ellipticus	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Asian Wild Raspberry

LC — Least Concern

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Wild Raspberry	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Wild Raspberry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Norway), North America (Costa Rica, Jamaica), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Asian Wild Raspberry

The Asian Wild Raspberry (Rubus ellipticus) is a species in the genus Rubus. 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 dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types. Populations. Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Norway), North America (Costa Rica, Jamaica), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.