Table 1.

Artificial diets for WCR larvae (106 g).

Ingredients	Pleau dieta	WCRMO-1b	WCRMO-2
Egg powder	—	—	4.0 g
Glucose	—	—	1.0 g
Wheat germ (raw, ground)	5.45 g	5.5 g	6.0 g
Cellulose	1.38 g	1.5 g	1.0 g
Agar	1.45 g	1.5 g	1.5 g
Casein	3.23 g	2.5 g	—
Corn root powder	0.63 g	1.5 g	—
Sucrose	3.85 g	2.5 g	—
Linseed oil, raw	40 µl	25 µl	—
Wheat germ oil	—	25 µl	—
Cholesterol	6 mg	6 mg	6 mg
Wesson’s salt mix	0.93 g	0.93 g	0.93 g
Vanderzant Vitamin mix	0.9 g	0.9 g	0.9 g
Methyl paraben	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g
Sorbic acid	64 mg	64 mg	64 mg
Potassium hydroxide (10%)	3.5 ml	3.5 ml	2.75 ml
Streptomycin (12.8 mg/ml)	6.4 mg	6.4 mg	6.4 mg
Chlortetracycline (10.0 mg/ml)	6.4 mg	6.4 mg	6.4 mg
Distilled water	88 ml	88 ml	88 ml
Green food coloring	64 µl	64 µl	64 µl

^aPleau et al.¹⁹, ^bHuynh et al.¹⁸. ‘—‘: absence.