Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs dwarf buttercup

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ranunculus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	dwarf buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Elateridae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ranunculus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ranunculus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

dwarf buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	dwarf buttercup
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 buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.