Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs deadly nightshade

Anostirus castaneus compared with Atropa belladonna

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while deadly nightshade is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	deadly nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Atropa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Atropa belladonna

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

deadly nightshade

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	deadly nightshade
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.

deadly nightshade

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.