Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Glaucous King-Devil

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pilosella piloselloides

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Glaucous King-Devil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Glaucous King-Devil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Pilosella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pilosella piloselloides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Glaucous King-Devil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Glaucous King-Devil
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.

Glaucous King-Devil

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, 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.