Green Tiger Beetle Taken at Carrbridge on 1st May 2011 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens. Green Tiger Beetle. Species: Order: Family: Cicindela campestris. Coleoptera. Carabidae. Habitat: Flies: Size: Food: Dry sandy, chalky soils. May - October 12 - 15 mm. The larvae are carnivorous. They dig burrows from where they ambush ground-living insects such as ants.