Clark'S Mining Bee vs lizard crystalwort

Andrena clarkella compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Clark'S Mining Bee is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Andrena	Riccia
Species	Andrena clarkella	Riccia bifurca

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	lizard crystalwort
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).

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States