Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs stiff sand grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Catapodium marinum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while stiff sand grass is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	stiff sand grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Catapodium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Catapodium marinum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

stiff sand grass

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	stiff sand grass
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.

stiff sand grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, and Portugal. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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:

🇧🇪 Belgium