Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dark Stonewort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nitella opaca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dark Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Elateridae	Characeae
Genus	Anostirus	Nitella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nitella opaca

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dark Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dark Stonewort
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.

Dark Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.