Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Corned Beef Wood

Andrena humilis compared with Barringtonia calyptrata

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Corned Beef Wood is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Corned Beef Wood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Andrenidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Andrena	Barringtonia
Species	Andrena humilis	Barringtonia calyptrata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Corned Beef Wood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Corned Beef Wood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Corned Beef Wood

Habitat

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

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.