Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs saltmarsh flat-sedge

Anostirus castaneus compared with Blysmus rufus

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while saltmarsh flat-sedge is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	saltmarsh flat-sedge
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	Blysmus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Blysmus rufus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

saltmarsh flat-sedge

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	saltmarsh flat-sedge
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.

saltmarsh flat-sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.