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The nutritional value of feeder insects

meadow plankton is without doubt the best food for frogs and small lizards. The procurement is not easy and at best, for 100 days per year between mid-May and August. Therefore I have undertaken an analysis of the ingredients with the goal of closing the match bred insects feed on these values. The results so far I put in this post.

Table 1: The content of salts and trace elements in meadow plankton, compared with Drosophila hydei and opportunity of Oophaga lehmanni (180 eggs were freeze-dried and placed in the analysis). The fat content in meadow plankton (WP) is about half that in Drosophila hydei (Dh). In the C4-C24 analysis (Table 2) reveals , that is higher in myristic (C14) in the amount that is 10 times that of WP. For oleic acid (C18, unsaturated), the difference is not large, with linolenic acid (C18, unsaturated triple, omega 3), the content in the WP almost 10 times from Dh.

Table 2: Results (partial list) a C4-C24 fatty analysis for meadow plankton and Drosophila hydei. The values are given in g/100 g wet sample (%). It is considered that the words on a well-balanced, vitamin-rich and were cultured with unsaturated fats enriched Instant. When the appropriate values for Acheta (here because of the Ü not clearly laid listed), shows that the fat content of 8 2 g/100g almost 3 times higher than in WP, if not properly feed the crickets, however, to 10.6 g/100g wet sample (equivalent to 356 g / kg DM at 70% water content (1)) may increase . It is therefore crucial to the breeding substrate. Ie from other breeds I have not analyzed to determine unfavorable values remain useless.

Analysis of Lehmanni-Set shows a very low fat content, high levels of bromine, arsenic, bismuth, gallium, and especially boron Overall, the values for the development of the artificial Quappenfutters low in fat and high values for boron , selenium, silicon and zinc close.

Ca/PO4 The ratio is at 0.48 WP (Ca (WP) 1720/PO4 (WP) 3610 = 0.476), in other words, it is 0.13. It is therefore the "good loading", a correction needs. The fat and Ca/PO4-Werte you can even slightly compare with other figures.

The basic mixture of Drosophila Instant is summarized in Table 3. Importance of high Vitaminisierungsgrad and the content of linoleic and polyenoic (PUFA) are. The new Instant Drosophila has some additions, the basic mixture is unchanged.

Table 3: Composition of the basic mixture for Drosphila Instant for the "well-loading" of the nutrient-poor, and only with a fat reserve hatched Drosophila is, therefore, besides sugar and amino acids in Ca/PO4 improve the relationship, an increase of vitamin D (WP has 1800 IU / kg vitamin D! TM), the folic acid content and unsaturated fatty acids required. Orange juice with Sanostol is there more of a token exercise.

1: Hatt JM, Hung E. and Wanner M, The influence of diet on the body composition of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) and consequences for their use in zoo animal nutrition. Zool. Garden NF 73, 238-244, 2003.