Clark'S Mining Bee vs crimson bluestem

Andrena clarkella compared with Schizachyrium sanguineum

Key Differences

• Clark'S Mining Bee is Least Concern while crimson bluestem is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	crimson bluestem
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	Schizachyrium
Species	Andrena clarkella	Schizachyrium sanguineum

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

crimson bluestem

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	crimson bluestem
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clark'S Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

crimson bluestem

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Clark'S Mining Bee

The Clark'S Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella) 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.