Table 1.

Three experiments were conducted using ingredients of three artificial media for rearing X. bispinatus, using either avocado or silkbay sawdust.

Ingredients	Media			Manufacturer/Source
	Type 1 AM1 or SM1	Type 2 AM2 or SM2	Type 3 AM3 or SM3
Sawdust	45 g	84 g	84 g	Avocado or silkbay wood
Granulated agar	12 g	12.6 g	12.6 g	Difco Agar, Dickinson & Company, Sparks, MD, USA
Sucrose	6 g	2.1 g	2.1 g	Fisher Scientific, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
Starch	3 g	2.1 g	2.1 g	Fisher Science Education, Nazareth, PA, USA
Yeast	3 g	2.1 g	2.1 g	Fisher Science Education, Nazareth, PA, USA
Casein	3 g	4.2 g	4.2 g	MP Biomedicals, LLC, Solon, OH, USA
Wesson’s salt mixture	0.6 g	0.52 g	0.52 g	MP Biomedicals, LLC, Solon, OH, USA
Tetracycline	0.21 g	0.14 g	0.14 g	Fisher Scientific, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
Wheat germ oil	1.5 mL	1.05 mL	1.05 mL	Frontier Scientific Services, Newark, DE, USA
Peanut oil	-	1.05 mL	1.05 mL	Ventura Foods, LLC, Brea, CA, USA
95% ethanol	3 mL	2.1 mL	2.1 mL	Decon Labs, Inc., King of Prussia, PA, USA
Distilled H2O	370 mL	244 mL	540 mL

Type 1 medium from Castrillo et al. [29], using avocado or silkbay sawdust; Type 2 medium from Biedermann et al. [30], using avocado or silkbay sawdust; Type 3 medium from Biedermann et al. [30], using avocado or silkbay sawdust modified with extra water. AM = Avocado medium; SM = Silkbay medium.