Clark'S Mining Bee vs Touch-me-not

Andrena clarkella compared with Melianthus comosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Touch-me-not
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Andrenidae	Melianthaceae
Genus	Andrena	Melianthus
Species	Andrena clarkella	Melianthus comosus

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Touch-me-not

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Touch-me-not
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).

Touch-me-not

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Spain.

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.