Cardinal Click Beetle vs Vegetable fern

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Elateridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Diplazium
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.