Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Indian Maple

Andrena humilis compared with Acer caesium

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Indian Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Indian Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Andrenidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Andrena	Acer
Species	Andrena humilis	Acer caesium

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Indian Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Indian Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Indian Maple

Habitat

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.