Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Indian Sundew

Anostirus castaneus compared with Drosera indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Droseraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Drosera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Indian Sundew
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.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

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.