Blackthorn Mining Bee vs long yam

Andrena varians compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Andrenidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Andrena	Dioscorea
Species	Andrena varians	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.