Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Wrinkled medick

Andrena humilis compared with Medicago rugosa

Key Differences

Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Wrinkled medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Wrinkled medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Andrena	Medicago
Species	Andrena humilis	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Wrinkled medick
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.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (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.