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    Default Cricket value compare to other insects.

    Hello, I would like to know the value of other insect compare to cricket.

    Example: 1 superworm= 2crickets

    Here are the comparasion
    Superworm= x crickets?
    Mealworm= x "
    Silkworm= x''
    Hornworm= x"
    butterworm= x"
    earthworm= x"
    goliath worm=x"
    roaches= x"
    locust=x"

    Thank you!
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    I know that butter worms and wax worms are a great source of calcium compared to crickets

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    This is almost impossible to answer because it would all depend on what the insects are feeding on. When you see the nutritional charts on feeder insects, essentially the lab who did the testing is reporting on the insect and what they were being fed at that time. One labs testing for nutrition of crickets could completely differ from another labs testing on crickets. Since they have open circulatory systems there storing capabalities are rather limited. This is why we gutload our insect prior to feeding, so that they are little packets of nutrients. In the long run, your feeder insects are only as good as you feed them.
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    I agree and it is very true for crickets but some insects do have there own nutritional false and pluses. I no for a fact that they are a great source of protien the rest is what ever they eat :D

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    But if you need numbers, this might help :P

    http://www.feedersinc.com/insect-comparison/
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    Ok thx both of you for your answers.

    Thanks for the chart Puff Dragon, I was also looking for a chart like this.

    But what the Ash% mean? :
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    Ash refers to the the amount of inorganic residue that remains after all the water and organic material in a food have been burned away. Determining the ash content is the first step in analyzing the amount of individual minerals that are found in a food. From a nutritional perspective, the ash content of a food is not particularly meaningful. We're usually more interested in the amount of specific minerals, such as calcium, iron, or zinc, that are present in a food.
    If you want your brain to hurt you can also read this article:
    http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~mccle...&Minerals.html
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    If you want your brain to hurt you can also read this article:
    Thank you for your answer, but I wont read the article, these kind of article are to hard to understand for me, because I'm french. :lol:

    thx again
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    Quote Originally Posted by PuffDragon
    But if you need numbers, this might help :P

    http://www.feedersinc.com/insect-comparison/
    thank you much for the help, Puff
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    ash is carbon i believe, so it's basicly indigestable nothing?

    i want to know about ash as well.
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