Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Yellow Prickle

Anostirus castaneus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Rutaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow Prickle
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 Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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.