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Table 2.

Proximate composition of samples from the two insects

Items³	Drosophila ¹				BSFL²	P-value
Items³	DL	DP	DA-female	DA-male	BSFL²	P-value
CP, %	40.11 ± 0.48^b	40.98 ± 0.80^b	53.61 ± 0.25^a	53.73 ± 0.79^a	36.90 ± 0.21^c	<0.001
CF, %	27.03 ± 1.87^c	31.50 ± 0.46^b	29.56 ± 0.42^bc	30.10 ± 0.62^b	39.14 ± 1.58^a	<0.001
Ash, %	8.07 ± 0.44^c	7.17 ± 0.34^c	9.94 ± 0.68^b	10.80 ± 0.92^ab	11.84 ± 0.85^a	<0.001
GE, MJ/kg	26.18 ± 0.04^a	26.56 ± 0.14^a	26.32 ± 0.63^a	25.95 ± 0.19^a	24.54 ± 0.50^b	<0.001
Density, g/mm³	1.20 ± 0.02^a	0.67 ± 0.02^c	1.01 ± 0.10^b	1.11 ± 0.06^ab	1.17 ± 0.04^a	<0.001

¹DL, Drosophila larva; DP, Drosophila pupa. DA, Drosophila adult.

²BSFL, black soldier fly larvae.

³CP, crude protein; CF, crude fat; GE, gross energy.

^a–c Means that rows not sharing the same superscript letter are statistically different (P < 0.05). All results were based on dry matter. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 4).