Bitter ginger vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Zingiber zerumbet compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

• Bitter ginger is Data Deficient while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter ginger	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Zingiber	Andrena
Species	Zingiber zerumbet	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

Bitter ginger

DD — Data Deficient

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter ginger	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter ginger

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (Brazil).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Bitter ginger

The Bitter ginger (Zingiber zerumbet) is a species in the genus Zingiber. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and

Blackthorn Mining Bee

The Blackthorn Mining Bee (Andrena varians) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.