Anatolian predatory bush-cricket (Saga natoliae)

Saga natoliae
Other common names
Balkan predatory bush-cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Saginae
Genus:	Saga
Scientific name
Saga natoliae Serville, 1838
Geography
Native countries:
Greece Albania North Macedonia Turkey Serbia Montenegro Croatia
Traits
Diet:	Insects
Sound
Listen to this species on xeno-canto

The Anatolian predatory bush-cricket (Saga natoliae) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Saginae (predatory katydids).

This species profile is awaiting a write-up. The taxonomy, distribution, resources and other data below are compiled automatically from scientific databases, but no one has written about this species yet. If you know this species, you can help by adding:

• a short overview: what it looks like, its basic life history, where it lives, and whether it is of research interest, of conservation concern, or a managed pest
• identification notes: how to tell it apart from similar species
• ecology and behavior: habitat, diet, host plants, life cycle and seasonal timing
• management notes, if it is a pest or of conservation concern

We'd love your help! If you work with this species, have studied it, or simply know it well, we'd be glad to have you contribute. HopperWiki uses contributor accounts to help maintain the quality and reliability of its species profiles. Get in touch with an administrator and we'll be happy to get you set up.

Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceSaga natoliae

Habitat

Herbicole

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Entirely flightless

Associated organizations

No results found in the database at this time—please reach out if you have any to share!

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Mattia Menchetti — 3 specimens collected
• Michael Steinwandter — 2 specimens collected
• Evgeniy Meyke — 2 specimens collected

• Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen collected
• Roman Romanov — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Slobodan Ivkovic — 8 specimens identified
• Mattia Menchetti — 3 specimens identified
• Michael Steinwandter — 2 specimens identified

• Josip Skejo — 2 specimens identified
• Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen identified
• 태우 김 — 1 specimen identified
• Roman Romanov — 1 specimen identified
• Emanuele Repetto — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeeBiodiversityEncyclopedia of LifeEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUI