Clark'S Mining Bee vs Gracemere-pear

Andrena clarkella compared with Opuntia streptacantha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Gracemere-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Andrenidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Andrena	Opuntia
Species	Andrena clarkella	Opuntia streptacantha

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Gracemere-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Gracemere-pear
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).

Gracemere-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Italy, and Malta.

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.