Beggar'S-Buttons vs Box-heades Furrow Bee

Arctium lappa compared with Halictus maculatus

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Box-heades Furrow Bee is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Box-heades Furrow 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)	Halictidae
Genus	Arctium	Halictus
Species	Arctium lappa	Halictus maculatus

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Box-heades Furrow Bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Box-heades Furrow Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Box-heades Furrow Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Box-heades Furrow Bee

The Box-heades furrow bee (Halictus maculatus) is a species in the genus Halictus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. It is found in Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden