Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Karata

Anostirus castaneus compared with Furcraea tuberosa

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Karata

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Karata
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.

Karata

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

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.