Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Echinate Bramble

Anostirus castaneus compared with Rubus echinatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Echinate Bramble is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Echinate Bramble
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Rubus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Rubus echinatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Echinate Bramble

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Echinate Bramble
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.

Echinate Bramble

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden