Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sand Hickory

Anostirus castaneus compared with Carya pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sand Hickory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Elateridae	Juglandaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Carya
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Carya pallida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sand Hickory

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sand Hickory
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 Hickory

Habitat

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

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.