Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Burbage Mining Bee

Opuntia triacantha compared with Andrena lathyri

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Burbage Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Cactaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Opuntia	Andrena
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Andrena lathyri

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Burbage Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Burbage Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

The Big Pine Key Prickly-pear (Opuntia triacantha) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Burbage Mining Bee

The Burbage Mining Bee (Andrena lathyri) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.