Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Jumping cholla

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cylindropuntia fulgida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jumping cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cylindropuntia fulgida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Jumping cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jumping cholla
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.

Jumping cholla

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, United States, and Zimbabwe.

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.