Green tiger beetle
The green tiger beetle is a shiny green beetle with little cream spots. In bright sun it shimmers like a jewel. It is a super fast runner on long legs, and it loves warm, sunny, sandy ground.
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Fun facts
It can run 60 centimetres in one second. For its size, that is very fast.
It can also fly fast, with a loud buzzing sound.
It has long, straight feelers and brown legs with white hairs.
It loves the sun and is out from about May to October.
It sometimes catches four-spotted chaser dragonflies.
Most asked questions about Green tiger beetle
?How fast is the green tiger beetle?
It can run about 60 centimetres every second.
?What does the green tiger beetle eat?
It hunts other insects.
?How big is the green tiger beetle?
It is about 12 to 15 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela campestris
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela campestris (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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