Clark'S Mining Bee vs Red ginger

Andrena clarkella compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

• Clark'S Mining Bee is Least Concern while Red ginger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Andrenidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Andrena	Alpinia
Species	Andrena clarkella	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Red ginger
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).

Red ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States