Orange-tailed Mining Bee vs Spiny Leaf Katydid

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Orange-tailed Mining Bee Spiny Leaf Katydid
Scientific Name Andrena haemorrhoa Panacanthus cuspidatus
Order Hymenoptera Orthoptera
Family Andrenidae Tettigoniidae
Size 8-12 mm 50-70 mm
Habitat Orchards Mountains
Diet Fruit Feeders Fruit Feeders
Regions Europe Ecuador, Colombia
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Orange-tailed Mining Bee

A common spring bee with a ginger thorax and orange-tipped abdomen. It visits a wide variety of flowers and is an important fruit tree pollinator.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the most abundant spring-flying solitary bees across the whole of Europe.

Spiny Leaf Katydid

A brightly colored Ecuadorian katydid covered in sharp spines for defense. Its green body with orange and black spines makes it conspicuous as a warning.

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Did You Know?

It can squirt a foul-smelling defensive spray from glands on its thorax when grabbed.