Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Nodding Yucca

Anostirus castaneus compared with Yucca cernua

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Nodding Yucca is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nodding Yucca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Yucca
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Yucca cernua

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Nodding Yucca

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nodding Yucca
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.

Nodding Yucca

Habitat

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

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.