Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Yellow wall bedstraw

Anostirus castaneus compared with Galium murale

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Yellow wall bedstraw is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow wall bedstraw
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Galium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Galium murale

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Yellow wall bedstraw

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow wall bedstraw
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 wall bedstraw

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden