Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Oval Spike-Rush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eleocharis ovata

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Oval Spike-Rush is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oval Spike-Rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Eleocharis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eleocharis ovata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Oval Spike-Rush

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oval Spike-Rush
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.

Oval Spike-Rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.