Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Light-blue snakeweed

Andrena varians compared with Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blackthorn Mining Bee Light-blue snakeweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps) Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family Andrenidae Verbenaceae
Genus Andrena Stachytarpheta
Species Andrena varians Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Light-blue snakeweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blackthorn Mining Bee Light-blue snakeweed
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.

Light-blue snakeweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and flooded grasslands and savannas. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (13 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela).

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.

Light-blue snakeweed

No description available.

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