Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Italian Crocus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crocus longiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Italian Crocus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Iridaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Crocus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crocus longiflorus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Italian Crocus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Italian Crocus
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.

Italian Crocus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.