Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs leafless hawk's-beard

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crepis praemorsa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while leafless hawk's-beard is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	leafless hawk's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Crepis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crepis praemorsa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

leafless hawk's-beard

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	leafless hawk's-beard
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.

leafless hawk's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway