The Spiked Magician

The Saga pedo is probably the largest insect in France, with a full body length from 9 to 11 cm (the oviscapte - organ allowing to lay - is 4 cm). This extraordinary grasshopper has no wings and - very rare for the orthoptera and unique in France- males do not exist. Females reproduce by parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The offspring of each female are therefore clones.