Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Marsh Valerian

Anostirus castaneus compared with Valeriana uliginosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marsh Valerian
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Elateridae	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Valeriana
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Valeriana uliginosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Valerian

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marsh Valerian
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.

Marsh Valerian

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.