Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Yellow-flowered Teasel

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dipsacus strigosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Yellow-flowered Teasel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow-flowered Teasel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Elateridae	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Dipsacus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dipsacus strigosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Yellow-flowered Teasel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow-flowered Teasel
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.

Yellow-flowered Teasel

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

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