Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Ferny Azolla

Andrena humilis compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Andrenidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Andrena	Azolla
Species	Andrena humilis	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.