Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs midnight-lady

Andrena humilis compared with Harrisia pomanensis

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while midnight-lady is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	midnight-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Andrenidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Andrena	Harrisia
Species	Andrena humilis	Harrisia pomanensis

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

midnight-lady

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	midnight-lady
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.

midnight-lady

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.