Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs erect spiderling

Anostirus castaneus compared with Boerhavia erecta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while erect spiderling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	erect spiderling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Boerhavia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Boerhavia erecta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

erect spiderling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	erect spiderling
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.

erect spiderling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.