Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs snow buttercup

Andrena humilis compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while snow buttercup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	snow buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Andrenidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Andrena	Ranunculus
Species	Andrena humilis	Ranunculus nivalis

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	snow buttercup
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.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.

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.