Clark'S Mining Bee vs Small-Leaved Blinks

Andrena clarkella compared with Montia parvifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Small-Leaved Blinks
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	Montiaceae
Genus	Andrena	Montia
Species	Andrena clarkella	Montia parvifolia

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Small-Leaved Blinks

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Small-Leaved Blinks
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).

Small-Leaved Blinks

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United Kingdom.

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.