bristly bearberry vs Red-tailed Mason Bee

Arctostaphylos columbiana compared with Osmia bicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bristly bearberry	Red-tailed Mason Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Ericaceae	Megachilidae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Osmia
Species	Arctostaphylos columbiana	Osmia bicolor

Conservation Status

bristly bearberry

LC — Least Concern

Red-tailed Mason Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bristly bearberry	Red-tailed Mason Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bristly bearberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

Red-tailed Mason Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

bristly bearberry

The Bristly bearberry (Arctostaphylos columbiana) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.