Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs corn sand spurrey

Anostirus castaneus compared with Spergularia segetalis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while corn sand spurrey is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	corn sand spurrey
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Spergularia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Spergularia segetalis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

corn sand spurrey

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	corn sand spurrey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

corn sand spurrey

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Germany and Portugal.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.