Table 4.
Main nutritional components (%) of commonly used insects in aquaculture.
| Insect species | Protein (%) | Lipid (%) | Ash (%) |
Fiber (%) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superworm (Z. morio) | 53.32 | 40 | 0.23 | 2.30 | Wadje et al. [96] |
| Mealworm (T. molitor) | 49.1 | 38.3 | 4.1 | 8.5 | Liu et al. [97] |
| Black soldier fly (H. illucens) | 48.20 | 25.69 | 8.27 | 9.96 | Zulkifli et al. [88] |
| Cricket (G. bimaculatus) | 54.10 | 26.90 | 2.2 | 6.90 | Jayanegara et al. [98] |
| Silkworm (Bombyx mori) | 57.21 | 31.29 | 4.01 | 2.39 | Bhagat and Barat [99] |
| Housefly maggots (Musca domestica) | 56.96 | 24.56 | 6.80 | 5.54 | Obeng et al. [100] |