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

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Taxonomy

*Saga pedo*
Saga pedo
Other common names
	Spiked magician, matriarchal katydid
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Saginae
Genus:	Saga
Scientific name
	Saga pedo (Pallas, 1771)
Geography
Native countries:
	Bulgaria; Germany; Italy; Romania; Russia; Austria; Hungary; Slovakia; Spain; Croatia; France; Kazakhstan; Ukraine;
Traits
Diet:	Insects
Sound
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For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Identification

Identification resources

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceSaga pedo

Diet

Insects

Flight

Entirely flightless

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Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

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Resources

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.

Михаил Кривошеев — 9 specimens collected
Сергей Свирин — 6 specimens collected
Louis AUREGLIA — 4 specimens collected

Alexander Martynov — 3 specimens collected
Milyausha Kaskinova — 3 specimens collected
Oleg Kosterin — 2 specimens collected
Mykyta Peregrym — 2 specimens collected
Sebastian Ćato — 2 specimens collected
Анна Mостовая — 2 specimens collected
Alexey Seregin — 2 specimens collected
Alexander V. Fateryga — 2 specimens collected
Konstantin Grebennikov — 2 specimens collected
Elena Suslova — 2 specimens collected
Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen collected
Anastasiia Davydova — 1 specimen collected
Emiliano Mori — 1 specimen collected
Viacheslav Krylenko — 1 specimen collected
François DUSOULIER — 1 specimen collected
Heorhii Bondarenko — 1 specimen collected
Olga Obedkova — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

Михаил Кривошеев — 11 specimens identified
Сергей Свирин — 6 specimens identified
Louis AUREGLIA — 4 specimens identified

Milyausha Kaskinova — 3 specimens identified
Mykyta Peregrym — 2 specimens identified
Sebastian Ćato — 2 specimens identified
Анна Mостовая — 2 specimens identified
Alexey Seregin — 2 specimens identified
Josip Skejo — 2 specimens identified
Igor Balashov — 2 specimens identified
Alexander V. Fateryga — 2 specimens identified
Konstantin Grebennikov — 2 specimens identified
Patrick Hacker — 2 specimens identified
Alexey Katz — 2 specimens identified
Elena Suslova — 2 specimens identified
Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen identified
Slobodan Ivkovic — 1 specimen identified
Oleg Kosterin — 1 specimen identified
Emiliano Mori — 1 specimen identified
Viacheslav Krylenko — 1 specimen identified

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