Bitter Dock vs Burbage Mining Bee

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Andrena lathyri

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	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	Polygonaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Rumex	Andrena
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Andrena lathyri

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Burbage Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Burbage Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden