Bell Pepper vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Capsicum annuum compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Bell Pepper is Not Evaluated while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bell Pepper	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Solanaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Capsicum	Andrena
Species	Capsicum annuum	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Bell Pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bell Pepper	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bell Pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Bell Pepper

The Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is a species in the genus Capsicum. 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