The elytra and thorax are green, varying in tone from light to dark, spotted with cream-coloured patches, and in bright sunlight are somewhat iridescent.

They live in places with dry soils (sandy or chalky), mostly between May and October at the latitude of Britain.

Like other tiger beetles, they run fast on their long legs and are most often seen on bare ground, in Britain typically on heather moorland.

[3] Cicindela campestris is distributed across Europe from Spain in the southwest to Finland in the northeast.

In Britain, records are mainly from dry sandy or heathy areas such as the heathlands of Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset, and the mountains and moorlands of the Scottish Highlands.