Saga pedo is a species of wingless bush cricket from the southern half of Europe and western and central Asia.

When these animals are hunting, they walk about, usually quite slowly and commonly swaying back and forth to resemble vegetation moved by the wind, trying to ambush their prey.

[14] A few weeks after reaching maturity, the female begins laying eggs and she will continue for the remainder of her adult life, which can be up to half a year.

[10] The female's pointed ovipositor, which typically is about 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) long, equalling slightly more than half her head-and-body length,[3][15] is inserted into the soil at a suitable site to deposit the eggs.

[17][20] Among grasshoppers, crickets and alike (Orthoptera), only S. pedo, the Euro-Asian Poecilimon intermedius, the Australian Warramaba virgo and a few others are known to be strictly parthenogenetic.

[19][21][22] Saga pedo is found in the southern half of Europe, and through western and central Asia as far east as northwestern China (Xinjiang) and southwestern Siberia.

[3][10] In Asia, the southernmost parts of its distribution are in southern Anatolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan,[8][23][24] and it ranges north as far as Kurgan Oblast, Russia, at latitude 54º30' N.[10] In Europe, the southernmost places where it occurs are Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), far northern Greece and the Iberian Peninsula (widespread but local in Spain; its presence in Portugal is questionable).

[17][26][29][30] S. pedo tends to prefer areas with dry summers and mild winters,[23] and is found in habitats from sea level to altitudes up to 1,750 m (5,740 ft).

[3][10][23] Saga pedo was reported as an accidental introduction from Europe into Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan (USA) in 1970.

[2] S. pedo is listed on Appendix II of Europe's Berne Convention and on Annex IV of the European Union's Habitats Directive, meaning that it is strictly protected in these regions.