Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs hooked-pepperwort

Andrena humilis compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Andrenidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Andrena	Marsilea
Species	Andrena humilis	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.