Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs willow-weed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Persicaria decipiens

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while willow-weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	willow-weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Persicaria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Persicaria decipiens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

willow-weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	willow-weed
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.

willow-weed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Madagascar, and Norway.

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.