Bishop's goutweed vs Duck Flea

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Ceratophyllus garei

Key Differences

• Bishop's goutweed is Least Concern while Duck Flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Duck Flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Apiaceae	Ceratophyllidae
Genus	Aegopodium	Ceratophyllus
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Ceratophyllus garei

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Duck Flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Duck Flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Duck Flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bishop's goutweed

The Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) is a species in the genus Aegopodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden