Bachelor'S-Button vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Gomphrena globosa compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

• Bachelor'S-Button is Not Evaluated while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bachelor'S-Button	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Gomphrena	Andrena
Species	Gomphrena globosa	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Bachelor'S-Button

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bachelor'S-Button	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bachelor'S-Button

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Bachelor'S-Button

The Bachelor'S-Button (Gomphrena globosa) is a species in the genus Gomphrena. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden