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ORTHOPTERA, Tettigoniidae -- <Images> & <Juveniles> Please refer also to the following link for details on this
group: Tettigoniidae
= Link 1 These are the
long-horned grasshoppers among which several species are predaceous. Conocephalus
saltator Sauss. (Xiphidium varipenne Swezey), feeds mainly on insects. In Hawaii it is known as a natural enemy
of leafhoppers and other insects that inhabit cane fields. It has been credited with being the main
factor in natural control of mealybugs (Swezey 1905, Illingworth 1929). Clonia
vittata Thbg. Of South Africa seems
to limit itself mostly to an insect diet, consisting of the caterpillars of Busseola fusca Hemp., but also various locusts and grasshoppers (Clausen
1940). References: Please refer to
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