Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Egg-cone Pine

Andrena humilis compared with Pinus oocarpa

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Egg-cone Pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Egg-cone Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Andrena	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Andrena humilis	Pinus oocarpa

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Egg-cone Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Egg-cone Pine
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.

Egg-cone Pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bangladesh, Brazil, and Colombia.

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.