Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ram's Head Lady Slipper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cypripedium plectrochilum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Ram's Head Lady Slipper is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ram's Head Lady Slipper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Orchidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cypripedium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cypripedium plectrochilum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ram's Head Lady Slipper

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ram's Head Lady Slipper
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.

Ram's Head Lady Slipper

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.