Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Onion

Anostirus castaneus compared with Allium pseudoalbidum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Onion is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Onion

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Onion
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.

Onion

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.