Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Old Man'S Beard

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tillandsia usneoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Old Man'S Beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Bromeliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tillandsia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tillandsia usneoides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Old Man'S Beard

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Old Man'S Beard
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.

Old Man'S Beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.