Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Poison devil's-pepper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Rauvolfia vomitoria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Poison devil's-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Rauvolfia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Rauvolfia vomitoria

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Poison devil's-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Poison devil's-pepper
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.

Poison devil's-pepper

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and 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.