Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs witchetty-bush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acacia kempeana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	witchetty-bush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Acacia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Acacia kempeana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

witchetty-bush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	witchetty-bush
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.

witchetty-bush

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Libya.

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.