Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs screw-pine

Andrena humilis compared with Pandanus spiralis

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while screw-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Andrenidae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Andrena	Pandanus
Species	Andrena humilis	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	screw-pine
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.

screw-pine

Habitat

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

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.