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. 2017 May 12;14(5):521. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14050521

Table 1.

Crude protein content for each species of edible insects in dry matter.

Species Crude Protein [g/100 g]
Giant mealworm larva 46 ± 1.0 a
Common mealworm pupa 51 ± 1.0 b
Common mealworm larvae 52 ± 0.4 b
Field cricket nymph 56 ± 3.1 b

a,b The different superscripts express belonging to the statistically significantly different groups, p < 0.05.