Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Scottish Primrose

Anostirus castaneus compared with Primula scotica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scottish Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Primulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Primula
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Primula scotica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Scottish Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scottish Primrose
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.

Scottish Primrose

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.