Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Meadow Crane'S-Bill

Anostirus castaneus compared with Geranium pratense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow Crane'S-Bill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Elateridae	Geraniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Geranium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Geranium pratense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Meadow Crane'S-Bill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow Crane'S-Bill
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.

Meadow Crane'S-Bill

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden