Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Water-snowflake

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nymphoides indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Water-snowflake
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Nymphoides
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nymphoides indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Water-snowflake

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Water-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.

Water-snowflake

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Guinea, Indonesia, Taiwan, 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.