Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs soft needleleaf

Anostirus castaneus compared with Polycnemum arvense

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	soft needleleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Polycnemum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Polycnemum arvense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

soft needleleaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	soft needleleaf
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.

soft needleleaf

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden