Bed-jacket vs Large Meadow Mining Bee

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Andrena labialis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Large Meadow Mining Bee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Large Meadow 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 labialis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Large Meadow Mining Bee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Large Meadow 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.

Large Meadow Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.