Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs sand bluestem

Anostirus castaneus compared with Andropogon hallii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while sand bluestem is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	sand bluestem
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Andropogon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Andropogon hallii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

sand bluestem

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	sand bluestem
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.

sand bluestem

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and India.

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.