Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Oat Grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acroceras zizanioides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oat 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 zizanioides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Oat Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oat 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.

Oat Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Africa (Guinea) and South America (5 countries).

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.