Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs northern ash

Anostirus castaneus compared with Fraxinus bungeana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	northern ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Oleaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Fraxinus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Fraxinus bungeana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

northern ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	northern ash
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.

northern ash

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.