Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs May River Red

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dendrobium lasianthera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	May River Red
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Orchidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Dendrobium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dendrobium lasianthera

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

May River Red

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	May River Red
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.

May River Red

Habitat

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

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.