Centuryplant vs Silver-sided Nomad Bee

Agave americana compared with Nomada argentata

Key Differences

Centuryplant is Least Concern while Silver-sided Nomad Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Silver-sided Nomad 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	Apidae (Bees)
Genus	Agave	Nomada
Species	Agave americana	Nomada argentata

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Silver-sided Nomad Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Silver-sided Nomad 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).

Silver-sided Nomad Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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'].