Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Trailing crabgrass

Andrena humilis compared with Digitaria radicosa

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Trailing crabgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Trailing crabgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Andrenidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Andrena	Digitaria
Species	Andrena humilis	Digitaria radicosa

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Trailing crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Trailing crabgrass
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.

Trailing crabgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, Singapore, Tonga, and United States.

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.