Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cuckoo-Bread

Anostirus castaneus compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles) Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family Elateridae Oxalidaceae
Genus Anostirus Oxalis
Species Anostirus castaneus Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle Cuckoo-Bread
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.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

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.

Cuckoo-Bread

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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