Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs serpent cactus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	serpent cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Peniocereus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	serpent cactus
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.

serpent cactus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, and Zambia.

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.