Bed-jacket vs Grey-backed Mining Bee

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Andrena vaga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Grey-backed Mining Bee
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family Sapindaceae Andrenidae
Genus Alectryon Andrena
Species Alectryon tomentosus Andrena vaga

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Grey-backed Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Grey-backed Mining Bee
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Grey-backed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Grey-backed Mining Bee

No description available.

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