Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Tickclover

Andrena varians compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blackthorn Mining Bee Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Andrenidae Fabaceae
Genus Andrena Desmodium
Species Andrena varians Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blackthorn Mining Bee Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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