Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Native Caper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Capparis canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Native Caper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Elateridae	Capparaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Capparis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Capparis canescens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Native Caper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Native Caper
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.

Native Caper

Habitat

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

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.