Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Hormiguerillo

Andrena varians compared with Senna multijuga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Hormiguerillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (himenópteros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Andrena	Senna
Species	Andrena varians	Senna multijuga

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Hormiguerillo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Hormiguerillo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Hormiguerillo

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (Portugal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Blackthorn Mining Bee

The Blackthorn Mining Bee (Andrena varians) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.