Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Slender Marsh-bedstraw

Anostirus castaneus compared with Galium debile

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slender Marsh-bedstraw
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Galium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Galium debile

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Slender Marsh-bedstraw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slender Marsh-bedstraw
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.

Slender Marsh-bedstraw

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.