Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Mexican redleg

Andrena humilis compared with Brachypelma emilia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Mexican redleg
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Andrenidae	Theraphosidae
Genus	Andrena	Brachypelma
Species	Andrena humilis	Brachypelma emilia

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-tailed Mining Bee and Mexican redleg share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Mexican redleg

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Mexican redleg
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.

Mexican redleg

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

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.