Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs spiral ginger

Anostirus castaneus compared with Costus pulverulentus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	spiral ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Elateridae	Costaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Costus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Costus pulverulentus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

spiral ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	spiral ginger
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.

spiral ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.

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.