Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Texas Ash

Andrena humilis compared with Fraxinus albicans

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Texas Ash is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Texas Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Andrena	Fraxinus
Species	Andrena humilis	Fraxinus albicans

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Texas Ash

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Texas Ash
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.

Texas Ash

Habitat

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

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.