Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dwarf bulrush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Typha minima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf bulrush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Typhaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Typha
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Typha minima

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf bulrush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf bulrush
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.

Dwarf bulrush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Poland, and United Kingdom.

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.