BugFace .:. Saga Hellenica

''Saga hellenica'' is a large species of cricket, from the family Tettigoniidae. It lives in southern Europe on Mediterranean flora such as scrub and shrub spiny bushes.

It feeds on other large insects such as other species of crickets and grasshoppers. It is also known to hybridize with another species of the ''Saga'' genus, the ''Saga pedo''. Although it is locally common in most of its geographical range, it is threatened by agricultural activities and seasonal fires created by farmers.. more