Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Fortune Meadowsweet

Andrena humilis compared with Spiraea japonica

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Fortune Meadowsweet is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fortune Meadowsweet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Andrena	Spiraea
Species	Andrena humilis	Spiraea japonica

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Fortune Meadowsweet

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Fortune Meadowsweet
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.

Fortune Meadowsweet

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Georgia, India), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.