Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs short-leaf-pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pinus echinata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	short-leaf-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pinus echinata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

short-leaf-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	short-leaf-pine
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.

short-leaf-pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Taiwan.

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.