Clark'S Mining Bee vs Red melastome

Andrena clarkella compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Andrenidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Andrena	Melastoma
Species	Andrena clarkella	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Red melastome
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 melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

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.