Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs limestone fern

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Elateridae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gymnocarpium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	limestone fern
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.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden