black pepper vs Blackthorn Mining Bee

Piper nigrum compared with Andrena varians

Key Differences

• black pepper is Not Evaluated while Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black pepper	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Piperales (Piperales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Piperaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Piper	Andrena
Species	Piper nigrum	Andrena varians

Conservation Status

black pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black pepper	Blackthorn Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black pepper

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Afghanistan, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

black pepper

The Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a species in the genus Piper. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

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.