Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sand Saffron

Anostirus castaneus compared with Colchicum arenarium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sand Saffron
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Colchicum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Colchicum arenarium

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sand Saffron

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sand Saffron
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 Saffron

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.