Centuryplant vs Grey-gastered Mining Bee

Agave americana compared with Andrena tibialis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Centuryplant Grey-gastered Mining Bee
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Asparagales (Asparagales) Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family Asparagaceae Andrenidae
Genus Agave Andrena
Species Agave americana Andrena tibialis

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Grey-gastered Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Centuryplant Grey-gastered Mining Bee
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Grey-gastered Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].

Grey-gastered Mining Bee

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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