Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Jack Bean

Anostirus castaneus compared with Canavalia pubescens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Jack Bean is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jack Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Canavalia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Canavalia pubescens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Jack Bean

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jack Bean
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.

Jack Bean

Habitat

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

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.