Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dog-Strangling Vine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Vincetoxicum rossicum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dog-Strangling Vine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dog-Strangling Vine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Vincetoxicum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Vincetoxicum rossicum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dog-Strangling Vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dog-Strangling Vine
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.

Dog-Strangling Vine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden