Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Fiddlewood

Andrena humilis compared with Vitex gaumeri

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fiddlewood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Andrena	Vitex
Species	Andrena humilis	Vitex gaumeri

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fiddlewood
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.

Fiddlewood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.