Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Fibrebark

Andrena humilis compared with Melaleuca nervosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fibrebark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Andrenidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Andrena	Melaleuca
Species	Andrena humilis	Melaleuca nervosa

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Fibrebark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fibrebark
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.

Fibrebark

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.