Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Creeping Red Raspberry

Andrena varians compared with Rubus pubescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Creeping Red Raspberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Andrena	Rubus
Species	Andrena varians	Rubus pubescens

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Red Raspberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Creeping Red Raspberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Creeping Red Raspberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, and United States.

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.