Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs wolf's-bane

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aconitum lycoctonum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while wolf's-bane is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	wolf's-bane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Elateridae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Aconitum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aconitum lycoctonum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

wolf's-bane

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	wolf's-bane
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.

wolf's-bane

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada).

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