Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs milkweed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while milkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gomphocarpus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	milkweed
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.

milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway