Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Prickly Pole

Anostirus castaneus compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Elateridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Bactris
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Prickly Pole
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.

Prickly Pole

Habitat

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

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.