Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Spring Snowflake

Anostirus castaneus compared with Leucojum vernum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Spring Snowflake is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spring Snowflake
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Leucojum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Leucojum vernum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Spring Snowflake

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spring Snowflake
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.

Spring Snowflake

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), and South America (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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