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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Tettigoniidae Sub Family   Description   bush crickets and coneheads Background to Family   A family displaying a wide range of omnivory, from species that are largely herbivorous (e.g. Leptophyes punctatissima) to those that are carnivorous as adults (Meconema thalassinum). Bush-crickets use a wider range of host plants than do grasshoppers, feeding on dicot herbs and shrubs, and sedges and rushes, in addition to grasses.     No. taxa in DBIF   10 No. interactions   28 % interactions with British data   100% No. records   28 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1986 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Ragge, D.R. (1965) Grasshoppers, Crickets and Cockroaches of the British Isles 1-299:120 Source   Ragge, D.R. (1965) Grasshoppers, Crickets and Cockroaches of the British Isles 1-299:123