---
title: "Groene zandloopkever"
description: "Cicindela campestris — Insecten en spinnen. Cicindela campestris, commonly called the green tiger beetle, is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/green-tiger-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groene zandloopkever

> Cicindela campestris — Insecten en spinnen. Cicindela campestris, commonly called the green tiger beetle, is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle.

- Scientific name: *Cicindela campestris*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 18369
- Wikidata: [Q717055](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717055)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130143](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130143)

## Names

- en: Green Tiger Beetle
- de: Feld-Sandlaufkäfer
- es: Cicindela Campestre
- fr: Cicindèle champêtre
- nl: Groene zandloopkever
- pl: Trzyszcz polny

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2716), FR (2437), GB (2098), IT (1255), RU (1188), AT (1151), ES (1145), DK (891), SE (513), PT (456), CZ (404), CH (376)

## Summary

Cicindela campestris, commonly called the green tiger beetle, is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle. It is the type species of the large genus Cicindela.

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

## Photo

![Groene zandloopkever](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-tiger-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129894645

## Machine access

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