Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs forest cockroach

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ectobius sylvestris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while forest cockroach is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	forest cockroach
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Blattodea (Blattodea)
Family	Elateridae	Ectobiidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ectobius
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ectobius sylvestris

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and forest cockroach share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

forest cockroach

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	forest cockroach
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.

forest cockroach

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and 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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden