Cardinal Click Beetle vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Stinking Hawk's-beard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Stinking Hawk's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Coleoptera (コウチュウ目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Ampedus	Crepis
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Stinking Hawk's-beard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.