Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Plum pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Podocarpus elatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plum pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Podocarpus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Podocarpus elatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Plum pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plum pine
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.

Plum pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Found in United States.

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.