Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs mouse garlic

Anostirus castaneus compared with Allium angulosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mouse garlic
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Allium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Allium angulosum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

mouse garlic

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mouse garlic
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.

mouse garlic

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden