Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Waterbush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Myoporum montanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waterbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Myoporum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Myoporum montanum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Waterbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waterbush
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.

Waterbush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Namibia and South Africa.

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.