Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Jelly Rot

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phlebia tremellosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jelly Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Elateridae	Meruliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Phlebia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phlebia tremellosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Jelly Rot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jelly Rot
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.

Jelly Rot

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Taiwan, 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.