Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs spring squill

Anostirus castaneus compared with Scilla verna

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while spring squill is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	spring squill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Scilla
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Scilla verna

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

spring squill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	spring squill
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 squill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway