Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Silkoak

Anostirus castaneus compared with Grevillea robusta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silkoak
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	Grevillea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Grevillea robusta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Silkoak

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silkoak
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.

Silkoak

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (23 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (9 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden