Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs False Puffball

Anostirus castaneus compared with Reticularia lycoperdon

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while False Puffball is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mycetozoa
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)
Family	Elateridae	Tubiferaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Reticularia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Reticularia lycoperdon

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Puffball
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.

False Puffball

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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