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 (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Hymenoptera (ハチ目)	Caryophyllales (ナデシコ目)
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.