Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Creeping Juniper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Juniperus procumbens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Creeping Juniper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Juniper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Cupressaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Juniperus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Juniperus procumbens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Juniper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Juniper
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.

Creeping Juniper

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden