Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Mexican-olive

Andrena humilis compared with Cordia boissieri

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Mexican-olive is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Mexican-olive
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Hymenoptera (แตน)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Andrenidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Andrena	Cordia
Species	Andrena humilis	Cordia boissieri

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Mexican-olive

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Mexican-olive
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.

Mexican-olive

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.