Beach-Heath vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Hymenoptera (himenópteros)
Family	Cistaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Hudsonia	Andrena
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.