Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Curled Thistle

Anostirus castaneus compared with Carduus crispus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Curled Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (hewan)	Plantae (tumbuhan)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Artropoda)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (serangga)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (kumbang)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Carduus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Carduus crispus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Curled Thistle
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.

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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