Beaked hawksbeard vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Crepis vesicaria compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Beaked hawksbeard is Not Evaluated while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beaked hawksbeard	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Andrenidae
Genus	Crepis	Andrena
Species	Crepis vesicaria	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Beaked hawksbeard

NE — Not Evaluated

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beaked hawksbeard	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beaked hawksbeard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina).

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Beaked hawksbeard

The Beaked hawksbeard (Crepis vesicaria) is a species in the genus Crepis. 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