Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Cuckoo-Bread

Andrena varians compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Andrenidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Andrena	Oxalis
Species	Andrena varians	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Cuckoo-Bread
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.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.