Table 3.

Statistical output of a series of non-parametric tests: firstly, Kruskal-Wallis output, in the form χ² (p-value), assessing whether species differ in their content of ash, crude protein, and crude fat, and below the post-hoc significance output determining whether individual species pairs differ in their levels of these proximate nutrients.

Comparison		Ash	Crude protein	Crude fat
Species		41.49 (P < 0.001)	30.71 (p < 0.001)	24.90 (p < 0.001)
BSF -	HSF	n.s.	***	**
	PL	***	*	**
	STC	*	**	n.s.
	TM	***	n.s.	n.s.
HSF-	PL	***	***	***
	STC	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
	TM	**	***	**
PL -	STC	n.s.	***	**
	TM	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
STC -	TM	n.s.	**	*

Significance level: p > 0.05 (n.s.) ^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.

BSF, Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens); HSF, House fly (Musca domestica); PL, Palm weevil (Rhynchophorus phoenicis); STC, Shea tree caterpillar (Cirina butyrospermi); TM, African termite (Macrotermes bellicosus).