Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Shiny Spiderhead

Anostirus castaneus compared with Serruria candicans

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Shiny Spiderhead is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shiny Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Elateridae	Proteaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Serruria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Serruria candicans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shiny Spiderhead

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shiny Spiderhead
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.

Shiny Spiderhead

Habitat

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

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.