Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs forked veilwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Metzgeria furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	forked veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Elateridae	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Metzgeria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Metzgeria furcata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

forked veilwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	forked veilwort
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.

forked veilwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.