Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs mescal agave

Andrena humilis compared with Agave angustifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	mescal agave
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Andrenidae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Andrena	Agave
Species	Andrena humilis	Agave angustifolia

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

mescal agave

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	mescal agave
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.

mescal agave

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Europe (Spain), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.