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title: "Cicindèle commune"
description: "Cicindela repanda — Insectes et araignées. Cicindela repanda, commonly known as the bronzed tiger beetle or common shore tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle that is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long and lives in most of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/bronzed-tiger-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cicindèle commune

> Cicindela repanda — Insectes et araignées. Cicindela repanda, commonly known as the bronzed tiger beetle or common shore tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle that is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long and lives in most of North America.

- Scientific name: *Cicindela repanda*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11607
- Wikidata: [Q5119435](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5119435)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82425](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82425)

## Names

- en: Bronzed Tiger Beetle
- fr: Cicindèle commune

## Countries with the most observations

US (8918), CA (2491)

## Summary

Cicindela repanda, commonly known as the bronzed tiger beetle or common shore tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle that is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long and lives in most of North America. It has a small labrum with one tooth and a coppery, hairy pronotum. The shoulder marking usually touches the middle band. It is most often seen in spring and summer, and it lives in sand, gravel, or clay soil. It feeds on many species of insects and even some fruit. The species has a two-year life cycle. It can be found across sand dunes around the Great Lakes. The species comprises three subspecies: C. repanda repanda…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicindela_repanda

## Photo

![Cicindèle commune](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bronzed-tiger-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173291763

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bronzed-tiger-beetle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).