Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Nahanni Aster

Anostirus castaneus compared with Symphyotrichum nahanniense

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Nahanni Aster is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nahanni Aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Symphyotrichum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Symphyotrichum nahanniense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Nahanni Aster

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nahanni Aster
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.

Nahanni Aster

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.