Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Early Crocus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crocus tommasinianus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Early Crocus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Early Crocus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Iridaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Crocus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crocus tommasinianus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Early Crocus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Early Crocus
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.

Early Crocus

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden