Clark'S Mining Bee vs Downy Safflower

Andrena clarkella compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Clark'S Mining Bee is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clark'S Mining Bee	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Arthropoda (членистоногие)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Insecta (насекомые)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (перепончатокрылые)	Asterales (астроцветные)
Family	Andrenidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Andrena	Carthamus
Species	Andrena clarkella	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Clark'S Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clark'S Mining Bee	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clark'S Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Clark'S Mining Bee

The Clark'S Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States