Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Slippery Jack

Anostirus castaneus compared with Suillus luteus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slippery Jack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Elateridae	Suillaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Suillus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Suillus luteus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Slippery Jack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Slippery Jack
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.

Slippery Jack

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.