Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Vegetable fern

Andrena humilis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Andrena	Diplazium
Species	Andrena humilis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.