Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Square-headed wasp

Anostirus castaneus compared with Oxybelus bipunctatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Square-headed wasp is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Square-headed wasp
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Elateridae	Crabronidae
Genus	Anostirus	Oxybelus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Oxybelus bipunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Square-headed wasp share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Square-headed wasp

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Square-headed wasp
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.

Square-headed wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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