Table 4.

The mineral profile (mg/100 g dry weight) of caterpillars (mean ± SE).

Minerals	G. belina	G. maja	t-value	df	p-value
Mg	140.5 ± 4.32	152.2 ± 5.26	−1.72	4	0.161
Fe	21.2 ± 1.09	3.6 ± 0.13	16.00	2.05	0.003
Zn	7.1 ± 0.36	17.3 ± 0.65	−13.73	4	<0.001
Ca	60.4 ± 0.78	55.1 ± 2.78	1.86	4	0.136
Cu	0.6 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.02	−0.66	4	0.548
Al	7.0 ± 0.27	4.8 ± 0.18	6.52	4	0.003
P	84.6 ± 1.80	91.5 ± 4.20	−1.50	4	0.207
Mo	0.2 ± 0.01	0.2 ± 0.01	2.69	4	0.055
Mn	3.9 ± 0.17	0.8 ± 0.04	17.84	4	<0.001
Na	2443.5 ± 107.28	1946.6 ± 76.40	3.77	4	0.020
K	965.2 ± 32.21	1076.0 ± 17.18	−3.03	4	0.039