Atlantic Giant Pumpkin vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Cucurbita maxima compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Atlantic Giant Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Andrena
Species	Cucurbita maxima	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

The Atlantic Giant Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden