Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lygaeid bug

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nysius thymi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lygaeid bug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Elateridae	Lygaeidae
Genus	Anostirus	Nysius
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nysius thymi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lygaeid bug share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

View Class: Insecta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lygaeid bug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lygaeid bug
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.

Lygaeid bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.