Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs scratch grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while scratch grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	scratch grass
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	Muhlenbergia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

scratch grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	scratch grass
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.

scratch grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.