Blistering Ammania vs Large Scabious Mining Bee

Ammannia baccifera compared with Andrena hattorfiana

Key Differences

  • Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Large Scabious Mining Bee is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blistering Ammania Large Scabious Mining Bee
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Myrtales (Myrtales) Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family Lythraceae Andrenidae
Genus Ammannia Andrena
Species Ammannia baccifera Andrena hattorfiana

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Large Scabious Mining Bee

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blistering Ammania Large Scabious Mining Bee
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Large Scabious Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

Large Scabious Mining Bee

No description available.

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