Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Shakeshake

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crotalaria incana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shakeshake
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Crotalaria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crotalaria incana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shakeshake

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shakeshake
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.

Shakeshake

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Congo (DRC), Madagascar), Asia (8 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.