Clark'S Mining Bee vs Vegetable fern

Andrena clarkella compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Andrena	Diplazium
Species	Andrena clarkella	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Vegetable fern
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).

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and 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.