Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ghostwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aneura mirabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ghostwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Elateridae	Aneuraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Aneura
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aneura mirabilis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ghostwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ghostwort
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.

Ghostwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.