Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Starfruit

Andrena humilis compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Andrenidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Andrena	Damasonium
Species	Andrena humilis	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.