Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs orangeback flying squid

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sthenoteuthis pteropus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	orangeback flying squid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Oegopsida (Oegopsida)
Family	Elateridae	Ommastrephidae
Genus	Anostirus	Sthenoteuthis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sthenoteuthis pteropus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and orangeback flying squid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

orangeback flying squid

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	orangeback flying squid
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.

orangeback flying squid

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.