Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Flat Wrack

Anostirus castaneus compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Elateridae	Fucaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Fucus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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