Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Grape Hyacinth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Muscari neglectum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Grape Hyacinth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grape Hyacinth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Muscari
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Muscari neglectum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Grape Hyacinth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grape Hyacinth
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.

Grape Hyacinth

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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