Black Maple vs Dotted Bee-fly

Acer nigrum compared with Bombylius discolor

Key Differences

• Black Maple is Least Concern while Dotted Bee-fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	Dotted Bee-fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Bombyliidae
Genus	Acer	Bombylius
Species	Acer nigrum	Bombylius discolor

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Dotted Bee-fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Dotted Bee-fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Dotted Bee-fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.