Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Nyl grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acroceras macrum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Nyl grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nyl grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Acroceras
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Acroceras macrum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Nyl grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nyl grass
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.

Nyl grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Taiwan.

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.