Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Early Medick

Andrena humilis compared with Medicago praecox

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Early Medick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Early Medick
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	Medicago
Species	Andrena humilis	Medicago praecox

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Early Medick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Early Medick
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.

Early Medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.