Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Trailing St. Johnswort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hypericum humifusum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Trailing St. Johnswort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hypericum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hypericum humifusum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Trailing St. Johnswort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Trailing St. Johnswort
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.

Trailing St. Johnswort

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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