Table 1.

A summary of literature values (ranges) for prepupae wet weight, duration of larval development, survival, and protein and fat content of black soldier fly larvae reared on different kinds of substrates

Items	Manure1	Feed concentrate2	By-products3	Sludge4
Rearing temperature, °C	9–32	20–35	20–35	21–28
Prepupae wet weight, mg	70–299	99–252	60–78	70–190
Larval development, d	30–34	15–24	19–30	15–20
Survival rate, %	74–93	81–93	80–98	39–76
Protein content, % of DM5	32–45	33–39	45–46	–
Lipid content, % of DM	18–33	31–35	20–31	–

¹Based on references: [15, 47–51]

²Based on references: [45–47, 52, 53]

³Dried distillers grain, sugar beet pulp [18], vegetable by-products [18, 45, 46]

⁴Digested and undigested sludge [47], faecal sludge [54]

⁵In all of these studies nitrogen content was converted to crude protein content by multiplication with factor 6.25