Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Spring Sowbread

Andrena humilis compared with Cyclamen repandum

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Spring Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Spring Sowbread
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	Primulaceae
Genus	Andrena	Cyclamen
Species	Andrena humilis	Cyclamen repandum

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Spring Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Spring Sowbread
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.

Spring Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, 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.