Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Prickly Heath

Andrena humilis compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Andrenidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Andrena	Gaultheria
Species	Andrena humilis	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.