Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Onionweed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Asphodelus fistulosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Onionweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Onionweed
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.

Onionweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (9 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden