{"product_id":"green-tiger-beetle-cicindela-campestris","title":"Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePound for pound, the Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) is one of the fastest predators in Britain. This vivid metallic green hunter tears across sandy heaths and coastal paths at speeds that, scaled up, would leave a cheetah embarrassed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen Tiger Beetles favour open, sunny habitats - heathland, sand dunes, coastal paths, and chalky grassland - where they hunt small invertebrates on bare ground. They are active on warm days from April to September, sprinting after prey in short, rapid bursts before pausing, recalibrating, and sprinting again. This stop-start hunting style exists because the beetle moves so fast that its visual processing cannot keep up - it effectively outruns its own eyesight and must stop to relocate its target.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe larvae are ambush predators of a quite different character. They live in vertical burrows in sandy soil, their flattened heads flush with the surface, waiting for passing invertebrates to stray within reach. Hooks on the larva's abdomen anchor it in the burrow so that struggling prey cannot drag it out. It is a patient, economical hunting strategy that contrasts sharply with the frenetic adult. Two stages of life, two entirely different philosophies of predation - both highly effective.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (50 × 70 cm | 20 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864086929569,"sku":"APW-BUG-GTB-P-500x700-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (70 × 100 cm | 28 × 40 in)","offer_id":45864086962337,"sku":"APW-BUG-GTB-P-700x1000-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-GreenTigerBeetle-mockup-1.jpg?v=1770825971","url":"https:\/\/axisophy.com\/products\/green-tiger-beetle-cicindela-campestris","provider":"Axisophy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}