Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Creeping Thyme

Anostirus castaneus compared with Thymus praecox

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Creeping Thyme is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Thymus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Thymus praecox

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Thyme

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Thyme
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 Thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden