Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Tarweed fiddleneck

Andrena humilis compared with Amsinckia lycopsoides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Tarweed fiddleneck
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Andrenidae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Andrena	Amsinckia
Species	Andrena humilis	Amsinckia lycopsoides

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Tarweed fiddleneck

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Tarweed fiddleneck
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.

Tarweed fiddleneck

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden