Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Slingshot

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tabernaemontana laurifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Slingshot is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slingshot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tabernaemontana
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tabernaemontana laurifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Slingshot

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slingshot
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.

Slingshot

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.