Burbage Mining Bee vs sweet tanglehead

Andrena lathyri compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burbage Mining Bee	sweet tanglehead
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	Heteropogon
Species	Andrena lathyri	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burbage Mining Bee	sweet tanglehead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burbage Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

Burbage Mining Bee

The Burbage Mining Bee (Andrena lathyri) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.