Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs large marsh rush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Juncus acutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large marsh rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Juncaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Juncus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Juncus acutus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

large marsh rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large marsh rush
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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.

large marsh rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and Portugal.

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.